Gratitude

I had a moment last week of deep, deep gratitude towards someone for their loving care, their choices that were liberating and conveyed such deep care, value and honour towards me. Boy, how lucky am I? That someone is  sitting on the sofa here with me as I type! There are those things we take […] Read more...

Heavy Heart

As with most of the world my heart is heavy at the thought of the human devastation in Haiti. Since I heard on Tuesday I haven’t been able to watch the pictures on the news. I have listened to the radio news instead. I feel rather lily-livered about this but I know that within seconds […] Read more...

Intention

Resolution is a funny old word, so overused and then berated at this time of year. I like the word intention. In my mind it conjures up a concentration of energy that causes inner and outer movement. It is the opposite of ‘stuckness’ (not to be confused with stability, stillness, ‘in-between-ness’) a miserable, confining state. […] Read more...

The story so far…

How has your Christmas week been so far? Ours has been a mix of the beautiful and the exhausting. Beautiful:  parties, people, food, gifts, mystery, contemplation, carols, cups of tea with friends, gatherings, singing, dancing, being together, hugs, kisses, hand-holding, snuggling under fleecy blankets, candlelight, watching great films and funny programmes, talking about the future. […] Read more...

The Nativity Week 4!

Last week it was the shepherds and sheep. This week saw the arrival of wise men, cattle-a-lowing, sheep-a-baaing and angels, lots of them. They sing “Hallelujah” to the Leonard Cohen / X-factor tune in our house because Toby and Isabella love that song. Here are the latest pics of the Nativity. The star path is […] Read more...

All I want for Christmas…

This year, more than any I can remember, I am just sooooo excited about having two weeks with my lovely husband at home and all of us together, no work, no school. Just being together. I guess the first three Christmases of us being parents have been blurred by deep-boned tiredness and at last, that […] Read more...

A life well lived?

The mosaic making fest continues and I have popped in for lunch – one of my favourite meals of nice cheese and crackers (crumbs all over the keyboard…). Here’s one of the latest pieces. My dear husband has toddled off to Manchester this morning for his annual children’s lawyer conference – I miss him a […] Read more...