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What does that mean? My understanding is that the word identity means who or what you are. Are given our identity at birth by our parents and we, in turn, bless our own children with theirs? If it is something that we are given at birth how do we lose it? Why do we experienceContinueContinue reading “Identity”

Here we are then, it is December which means that it is officially the Christmas season. For many of us this Christmas will be different from previous years. Some of us will not be able to celebrate in the way we would like. So what I have been up to since my last post? YesContinueContinue reading “The Countdown Begins.”

I have been blessed this week with the opportunity to have some conversations with some lovely people and it has got my mind ticking with some thoughts which I thought I would share with you guys. So my first thought was how lovely it was to have a meaningful conversation and to actually speak toContinueContinue reading “The Art of Conversation”

I apologise for the following, poetry is not my strong point but this week is proving to be a hard week for me. I tend to withdraw from my family when I am struggling to process my thoughts. I am conscious that this could have a detrimental impact on my children, despite my best effortsContinueContinue reading “My Reasons”

How is everyone doing? Are you all ok or are some of you, like me, feeling overwhelmed for no particular reason. I do not know why but for some reason this week I have started to worry about Christmas. Its creeping up on us now and I have not had my usual prompt to beginContinueContinue reading “It is still November right?”

So I mentioned in my previous post that I am a “railway widow” and I promised that I would elaborate on this label. NowI refer to myself as a railway widow because my husband works on the railways. What this means is that my husband is away for the majority of the time due toContinueContinue reading “Railway Widow”

The brain is an amazing organ. The way that it processes and stores information is fascinating. When I think of the brain I find myself thinking of it as a CPU within my body however, I think my brain could benefit from some refurbishment. As I have got older my ROM drive appears to beContinueContinue reading “Memories”

What a week it has been so far. My husband has taken a week’s holiday this week so that we can redecorate our hall, stairs and landing. Safe to say tensions have been running high and the house is pretty much chaos. Puppy still isn’t 100% either. So dog pee and gourmet food daily stillContinueContinue reading “We are Decorating”

Last night the Prime Minister kept the country waiting (rude) to announce that as from Thursday 5 November England will be in lockdown until 2 December. Luckily for me, this time the schools are remaining open for the time being. This may change as time goes on, we already know this from our previous experiences.ContinueContinue reading “Upcoming Lockdown”