Have you ever had your weird Spotify playlist – you know the one I mean, the one that’s so eclectic, it astounds even you – on shuffle, and wondered “If one song could define you, what would it be?” I have. I wonder it quite a lot. I listen to music quite a lot. And…
My Biggest Mistake of 2014
2014 was an excellent year. Lots of really great things happened for me last year, but they have been overshadowed by this one big mistake I made. At the end of 2013, I heard lots of people talking through their resolutions and saying what they had and hadn’t achieved. Then I heard that people had…
Living in the Shadow of the Almighty
I grew up in a musical environment. Not the traditional sense of a musical environment; mine and my sister’s early lives contained a lot of music, of all different genres and varieties – there always seemed to be music playing. I’ve always loved listening to music, and going to concerts, and I spend a lot…
Short Skirts and Tight Tops
I just stumbled across an article about a head teacher in the Isle of Wight who has introduced a school rule of “skirts no shorter than knee length“. It appears he also had words with his female staff about the tightness of their tops. He’s by no means sexist… Dr Rory Fox simply explains that…
100 Happy Things: Revisited
Last week, I posted a challenge for myself. To find one happy thing per day and to keep track of them. So I’ve kept a diary of my week and picked one happy thing per day. Hope you enjoy!
Sometimes it is too late
Today, my old housemate messaged me. She recently moved to England with her husband and son and it seems she is finally settled. Her husband is in the army, and he was being sent overseas, but now he has a job at home and she has her family complete and whole. With that in mind,…
100 Happy Things
A week ago, I returned to Facebook. I left last December on a bit of a whim really. I got annoyed at someone and decided I’d had enough of the social network. I saw it as poison that I had to suck out. So I did. And my life got so much better. I became…
Desires of The Heart
A few months ago I kept waking up in the middle of the night. I’d wake up every night at either 3am or 5am, and lie in bed for about an hour trying to get back to sleep. I mentioned this to someone and they said to me, that I should use that time to…
Happy Mother’s Day
So it’s Mothering Sunday today. I forgot to send my mum a card, or send her a present, and I won’t be seeing her for another month or so probably. I’m probably not the best daughter right now. But I put on my music this morning as I get ready for church and a song…
My own personal disaster
This coming week I’ve realised I’ve committed to do too many things. It all started on Thursday. I help out at our church youth club on a Thursday night and part of the night includes a talk on a story from the bible. I wanted to teach the topic of Peter denying Jesus. I love…
Amy and Ellen 