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Four Years

 It’s been four years

It was four years ago today that miscarriage first became a part of my life.

That’s 208 long weeks, or exactly 1460 days of living with this present reality. Four long, unexpected, disappointing and life-altering years…

Hoping. Waiting. Wondering. Praying.

Gaining. Losing. Gr...

Making Advent Meaningful

I don’t know about you, but this year I feel super-excited about reaching the advent season. After all, it has been quite a year, hasn’t it? And even though the events of that first Christmas story happened over 2000 years ago, the invitation to slow down and remember Emmanuel, God with us, has...

On Being Thankful

Everyday Gratitude

The Thanksgiving Holiday is almost here, which may not mean much to some of my fellow Brits, but it’s a huge deal across the Atlantic pond.

For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a day for resting, feasting, celebrating, decorating, and gathering with family & friends. But perhap...

A few thoughts on Halloween

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A spooktacular idea: thoughts on Halloween

 

So tomorrow night is Halloween… cue some spooktacular puns, please!

Have a frightfully good time!

A fang-tastic night!

Let’s party just like the gh’oul times?

I could go on, but I completely digress from the point of this blog…

 Should I celebrate Halloween?

As a child I was never really allowed to...

No Words

 No Worda short poem on loss

by anna kettle

i know i am a writer,

but today i have no words

no inspiring thoughts,

no ideas or answers at all

no beautiful form of wordplay,

able to make everything okay

no clever turn of phrase,

to take the pain away

no remarkable insight,

to make it feel alright

no deeply...

About Hope

 The nature of hope

I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of ‘hope’ recently. What is it, where does it come from, and why does it matter so much?

Hope is so important. But I don’t think I really understood the nature of hope until recurrent miscarriage became a part of my story.

These days I th...

Embracing the Season

 What is your favourite season?

October is here, and can’t you just suddenly feel the changing of the season in the air?

But I wonder, how do you actually feel about this coming season? Perhaps you are more than ready for a change, or maybe you just aren’t quite ready for the summer to be over j...

On Clarity & Prioritising

 It’s been a while!

Hello readers, it’s been a while since I lasted posted here. And I have absolutely no excuses to offer, except that I’ve been taking some time off during the summer and following my own advice about pacing myself well following a busy season releasing my book on this subject ...

On clarity & prioritising

 Hello, its been a while!

Hello readers, it’s been a while since I lasted posted here. And I have absolutely no excuses to offer for that, except that I’ve been taking some time off during the summer and following my own advice about pacing myself well following a busy season releasing my book on this subject back in the s...