Not just a place for tears and sadness…
Day 16 of my 21 Days of Transience and I am exploring how I ended up as a hospice trustee… I’d never set foot inside a hospice until my lovely aunt Betty was nearing the end of her life. She had been in pain for some time, mainly from the side-effects of the...
So shall I stay or shall I go?
Day 15 of my 21 Days of Transience takes me back to my earliest days in the workplace… My career — and I still get echoes of the ‘not good enough’ thing going on when I call it that — has bounced around a bit since I left school at 17 and jumped straight into my...
Snapshots of suffering that leave their mark…
For Day 14 of my 21 Days of Transience, I’m taking a look at one of my voluntary roles… These days I wear a variety of hats, some of which yield an income, some of which don’t. And one day a week I turn my small back bedroom office into a mini-call centre,...
Returning to a simple place of tenderness…
For Day 13 of my 21 Days of Transience I’m back in Buxton with my baby… It never really occurred to me to use a buggy to transport my daughter around when she was tiny. It just seemed much more practical to strap her to me, especially as we had Becka the...
Overcoming the scary by hanging upside down…
We’re at Day 12 of my 21 Days of Transience, and I’m back at school getting to grips with fear… The day I conquered ‘swingy legs’ I felt I could conquer the world. Getting there had taken what, to a child of around seven or eight, seemed like...Where I am Making Waves…
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