I’m sitting here with what would be an amazing view if it weren’t for the rain. Except that I know what’s really there in front of me*.

I was thinking about the kaleidoscope of people who have helped me over the years and realised that it really does take all sorts.

There’s another children’s song that goes ‘I am a promise, I am a possibility, I am a great big bundle of potentiality’ Do you know how much you matter, just as you are?

So, I searched for photos of people jumping with energy and joy and the only one I could relate to was this one! I think I used to be a morning person but now when my husband calls ‘rise and shine’ I pull the quilt back over my head. To get up at the minute…

It has not been a very pleasant week; full of unexpected tragedy that will stay with some for the rest of their lives. I have to acknowledge that first and foremost else my post will seem unsympathetic to everyone who is struggling today.

I don’t know why but the word ‘pilgrimage‘ keeps coming into my mind. My cousin sang about her week-long experience walking part of the Camino de Santiago, bringing me alongside with her rhythmic strumming. Someone else compared giving things up for Lent as joining with Jesus when He journeyed to Jerusalem and His death on…

Find a sense of achievement. When you’re at school, tests track your progress. When you’re at work, often one-to-ones with your manager record how you are getting on. When you are an athlete or do some form of sport there are personal bests or step counts to measure your activities. However, when none of those…

A new story. My daughter said the other day, quite accurately, ‘you don’t write sequels.’ I wonder if anyone else is tired of the same old and wish something good could happen in our lives to jizz them up a bit? Something different. Something new.

All of us know what it’s like to have to carry on without something we have always had before. How do we cope?

A good day, So often we can find ourselves in a hard place and cannot see a way out. But what if we can hold onto the little snatches of possibility and see them for the good chances that they are? Chances to feel better in yourself. An opportunity to find something good when everything…