Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? I feel loved when I open the fridge and it’s full of food. I feel loved when I’m warm. I feel loved when I can close my eyes and feel the sunshine on my face. I feel loved when my husband makes brownies. ButContinue reading “Loved”
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Empty Space
Where can you reduce clutter in your life? The title for this piece is both a reflection of my lack of inspiration for a title, and the content of this article. I despise clutter. Less is more. A home should at all times have enough empty space in it for a spontaneous grand jeté. I’dContinue reading “Empty Space”
A Brownie
What snack would you eat right now? But not just any brownie. I know it’s unusual, but I’m not interested in things packed with sugar, white flour and butter. I think we can totally make delicious, happy-making, indulgent food that is also actually good for us. So I’m all for a dark chocolate brownie. OneContinue reading “A Brownie”
Samantha and the Samaritan
What is your mission? About six months ago an elderly neighbour of ours started losing his keys. He lives on his own. Another pensioner living in our area – a friend of his – committed herself to visiting him regularly. It seems he’s always managed on his own and liked things done a certain way.Continue reading “Samantha and the Samaritan”
Buttered Toast
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? I haven’t commuted in a long time but I can remember sitting in a crowded train carriage on murky grey mornings with other sleepy commuters absorbed by their phones. The train would weave its way passed countless flats and sub-divided maisonettes asContinue reading “Buttered Toast”
The thing that is always there
What could you do differently? There are loads of things that I could do differently. Literally loads. It comes in loads. It chugs along from laundry bag to washer to dryer to hanging line to folding bag and back to the cupboard only to make space for the next load that follows it each stepContinue reading “The thing that is always there”
In The Eye Of The Storm
For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday. #sixwordsaturday
My Billboard Sign
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? I’m more for beautiful, soul-lifting pictures than words. So mine would say: Slow down. Listen to the silence. Look for the miracles. With a very beautiful picture. Like this one:
Looking Up
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? It’s January. Term has started. I’m finding my rhythm again. I’m a mum of school kids and one home-schooled child. There are school runs, club sign-ups, drama auditions, medical appointments, curriculum purchases. Oh and they need to be fed. My youngest isContinue reading “Looking Up”
Love
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? You are welcome. I am listening. Your feelings are ok. I will sit with you. I will include you. I accept you as you are. I will help you. I will never abandon you. This is a very great gift. It’s rare but it’s there. TheContinue reading “Love”
Green Olive Tree 