For some time now, I’ve been thinking about returning to my blog, and today, on World MS Day, I´m finally taking the plunge. Several people, including my husband, have basically told me that this decision is long overdue! But overdue or not, I´m back and all the experiences of the last few years will certainly […]
When Life is Painful: How do we Fit God In?
It’s really a theological question. Theology is just a posher sounding word for the study of God’s nature and doctrine (Christian beliefs). It can get pretty heavy sometimes, but it all starts with the kind of questions that a young child might ask. Children are born with an innate ability to question the world that […]
Authentic Engagement: Daring to Risk Being Unique
Writing a blog is exciting, exhilarating and incredibly scary. I love words. I love their power to communicate, to tell a story, to change the world. I love the freedom of sitting in front of a computer and typing out who I am and what my views are. Yet that very act is the same […]
Islands, Bedbugs and Refugees: How to Achieve Growth
No man is an island entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, As well as if a promontory were, As well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were, […]
Why Do We Fight Our Limitations?
There’s nothing like a medical diagnosis for imposing limitations upon us. Of course, we have to be careful to ensure that those limitations are from the illness itself and not from our own mindset. That’s often part of the battle. Others may also want to impose limitations upon us, depending on their perception as to […]
Are we going to Paradise on this Blogging Journey?
When starting on any journey, most people like to know where they’re going. Who wants to end up in the desert if they were expecting paradise, the shade of palm trees and a bathe in the sea?! Those who’ve experienced travelling with me will likely tell you, I may be very […]
Forgiveness and Platitudes
Have you ever wrestled with the area of forgiveness? I have. I know it’s not always the most popular word. There have been two situations in my life where forgiveness was particularly challenging for me. Neither of those are stories that I intend to publish on the World Wide Web! Suffice to say that […]
Walking the MS Walk
The week before, I’d been walking for hours in the Lake-district. Now, I was exhausted and all I’d done was to drag my legs up and down a hospital corridor. Admittedly, hospital corridors are not the shortest, but I’m a walker, accustomed to daily, brisk walking. A hospital corridor should have […]
Hard Decisions
In my dramatherapy sessions, I sometimes explore with clients what I term as, “Inner conflict sculpts.” Through creating static images (musical statues style!) and perhaps later bringing these images to life, we explore their internal conflicts. The image that comes to mind for me is of a tug of war, with both sides […]
A Winter Gift
A Winter Gift We’ve had weeks of on and off rain in the north of Spain, and many parts have had snow. It really is very similar to the UK weather wise, although I know that many still don’t believe me! One morning on my day off, the sun suddenly appeared. According to the […]