You know when you have a truly tough week? You could actually call it a horrible week. When you are sitting there thinking is this really happening because you know you’ve done nothing wrong, but the actions and words the person is saying to you are cutting you like a knife. You were totally blindsided by things happening and things that were said behind your back because it's all smiles when you are around. Well the start of the week was one of those weeks for me! Well I say

As a kid and teenager I watched the TV show Changing Rooms and laughed at some of their “interesting" room designs. If you are too young to remember the show, the idea was neighbours or friends decorated one room in each other’s home and then there was a big reveal. If you watched it, do you remember that episode where they designed the couple’s bedroom head to toe in black and red? During the reveal the woman burst into tears straight away and said it looked like a brothel!

There was a young woman, who at the age of 18, decided that it was time for a change. It wasn’t just any old little change, it was life changing, brave and a bit scary. It meant living behind her family, her friends and everything she knew. It meant moving across the world to another country where she knew no-one to fulfil her lifelong dream. Did she fulfil her dream? Yes she did. How do I know? Because this brave young woman was my nan. My nan at 18 years old decided to mo

When are you arranging the next meet up? Can you do me a favour? I need you to tell me what I should do about this? I need your prayers. You have probably heard these sentences from friends and family, which are generally the usual questions and statements we hear from them, nothing wrong with that. However, the issue is when the only time you hear from them is when they are asking questions like this. Some people are only around you because they want the things they can get

I remember being asked by two different people on two separate occasions what I wanted to achieve in a particular area. I gave my answer straight away without even thinking. They both responded with the same answer “so what’s stopping you?”. I stopped to think for a moment and then gave my stock answer. They both asked the same question separately because to them there was no reason why there should be any hesitation around me doing this particular thing. After both interacti

We finally did it! We are finally in the parents hall of fame for forgetting it was a non-uniform day! Yep, my husband and I forgot it was Comic Relief day and therefore a non-uniform day at school. For anyone reading this outside of the UK, Comic Relief is an annual day where there is an all evening charity telethon where money is raised to tackle poverty and social injustice. School children also wear their normal clothes on this day (UK schools have a school uniform) in ex

Well it’s that time of year, what is called the season of Joy. The nights are drawing in, it’s cold and this year it just won’t stop raining! Now if you are like me, someone who hates being cold and hates rain, especially when it’s constant, then this weather and limited sunlight makes you feel a bit sad rather than joyful. By now you can probably tell that I don’t really like winter! Highlights However even though I’m not a fan of winter, I have to say that I have experience