With this summer set to be the UK’s hottest on record, and my garden looking decidedly parched, I’ve found myself (like so many of us) yearning for rain.…
I am sitting in the garden of old friends, having been invited to join a barbecue that they are hosting for a group of friends from their church.…
While on holiday just recently, I went for an early morning walk along the vast sandy beach adjacent to where I was staying. The tide was a long…
It’s the last day of my holiday and I’ve packed the car. But before I set off on the long drive home, I decide to do one more…
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking on an author panel at this year’s St Andrew’s Literature Festival. (St Andrew’s, in this sense, is referring…
A couple of weeks ago, I woke with a strange sort of cramp in the right side of my neck. I hadn’t changed my sleeping position. I hadn’t…
A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at a women’s event in South East London. I was hosted by a church I didn’t know,…
If you’ve been tracking this blog for a while, you’ll know how much joy it gives me to hear about your ‘light through the cracks’ stories – whether…
A couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with a young woman, whose parents I have known since before they met and married – and I was sharing…