Caring for children is all about the unexpected. They tire us out, but they keep us youthful by showing us how to view the world with wonder.
Which, for people of faith, is important!
Category Archives: Staying Sane
The End of the Day
The final days of my life may present some of its greatest challenges, to myself and to my loved ones. My prayer is that, when my time comes, I’ll go out in style.
Time to Rise and Shine!
The Climate Emergency seems so daunting that many are beginning to despair. People of faith, have many reasons to feel encouraged. It’s time to rise and shine!
Stuff, stuff, stuff…Three Cameos
I’m passionate about Climate Change. If we’re going to save Planet Earth, we’ll have to rethink our habits of accumulating stuff, especially cheap stuff that we throw out and replace.
The Shadow of Death (or…When the Chips are Further Down)
When you experience the suffering of a loved one in the raw, it shakes you to your foundations. Here’s my continuing story…
Angels in Blue
Finding a good care company can enable an elderly person to live at home for longer, and so enhance their quality of life. At last, we found one!
When the chips are down…
Sometimes the challenges of family life can seem overwhelming. Where’s God?
The Meat in the Sandwich
Those of us in late middle-age are likely to find ourselves sandwiched between the younger generations and elderly parents, both of whom need our support. In this article, I’ve shared how I was stretched to the limit in a 3-month period I hope never to go through again!
Life After…Life After Retirement
Here’s how I passed up a chance to make a friend whose company I would have thoroughly enjoyed. What a shame! He’s now teaching me such a lot…
Confessions of an Agonised Cyclist
Do we really have to spend our lives atoning for our past misdeeds? An episode of BBC’s ‘Broken’, and a cycle challenge, set me thinking…
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