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22nd August, 2022 It’s not supposed to be difficult.Life, love, faith.None of it is supposed to be difficult.The songs tell us that “love hurts” , that it’s sometimes hard, that we must work at it.I disagree. In fact, it was the big lesson I learned in my first relationship after my abusive husband; that loving …
Monday 14th August, 2023 The skyline of Barcelona is dominated by the 18 towers of Sagrada Familia, an exquisite Cathedral that has been a work in progress since 1882. When its architect, Gaudi died in 1926 the Cathedral was less than a quarter finished, Gaudi wasn’t worried, he’d designed it that way, as he famously …
20th August 2022 We are all on a journey towards Christlikeness. With the same guide. Our good guide knows each persons strengths, and weaknesses. She knows where each of us needs to be challenged to grow and where we need to stop and rest. She knows we all start from different places, and will choose …
15th August 2022 Words of love.Words of wisdom of advice,Words of guidance, words that give life.PickedPluckedRemoved.StrippedSquashedDeformed.Twisted and mangled, torn and abusedFormed into bullets, made into pain.Against their willTheir beauty destroyedWords that give life falling from the mouths of those who seek deathInsults hurled, spirits crushed, hearts hardened.Death.
11th August, 2022 You know you don’t have to debate with the ridiculous expectations the world places on you as a woman.You don’t have to justify yourself.You don’t owe anyone any explanations for who you are, what you do or why you may choose to say no. Those words of judgement, that make you feel …
Tuesday 18th July, 2023 It finally seems to be happening. After all these long hard years of campaigning, suddenly the world seems to care about women’s safety. It’s an issue that’s finally being discussed and those on the political right seem to be at the forefront of demanding that women and girls have a right …
27th July 2022
Tuesday 11th July, 2023 I’m no scientist but I find the concept that our bodies are made up of stardust really fascinating. From what little I understand, the matter that makes up our universe, including us, was all formed billions and billions of years ago by distant stars going supernova. Moreover, the matter within our …
25th July 2022 Beautiful yet poisonousThey tangle themselves around their victim.Gently pulling them underDeeper into the darkness, beneath the earth.Lungs filled with sweetened soil,Eyes blinded with floral notesAs death blissfully creeps.Its softened barbs disguised as love.The warm embrace of unadulterated hate,Spoken softly as eloquent words of death
Monday 3rd July, 2023 I love the story of the Starfish, you might have heard it:Early one morning an old man was walking along a beach when he saw thousands of starfish lying on the sand, and a boy, picking them up, one by one and throwing them into the ocean.“What are you doing?” asked …