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As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to an end, here’s some of the wonder that has helped to root me and find myself again this week. It’s vital to look after ourselves. It’s the path to freedom and love. I’m a better parent, wife, friend, colleague and person when I soak my soul in the wonder that I am loved, worthy, of value, held, seen and known. Link the bio to my latest blog post where I get a bit shouty about these things. #mentalhealthawarenessweek #loved #takecareofyourself #freedomWhy make a normal Victoria sponge cake when you can make a blue and green one? Thankfully still tastes yummy... #cake #rainysaturday #timeforacuppaDay 1 of being signed off the bit of work I could be signed off from, due to exhaustion. Realising how tired my body is. Saw amazing bluebells. Inhaled their scent. Stumbled home to sit in the sun. Stared at bluetits on our cherry tree. Read a bit of a book. Napped for an hour. Repeated go slow, be gentle, be kind to yourself. Felt grateful for being able to be signed off. #sleep #rest #bestillmysoul #bekindtoyourself #mentalhealth #bluebells #stopping #tiredness48 hours away in Selsey to pay attention to my body, listen to @lostwordsspellsongs from the National History Museum, drink @skylark.coffee, hang out with the One who loves me most, walk in pretty places, have a morning walk in ancient Yew trees with my Dad, read books and realise the weight of exhaustion that covers me right now. Grateful for the husbandface for holding the fort and My Maker for blue seas, green grass and a beautiful word to bumble around in. #timeoff #exhaustion #beauty #soulsoothing #toesjusttouchedthewaterWalking my tired body around the woods. Noticing the green creeping higher and wider each day. This world reminding me that resurrection always comes. That hope will win out. That there are inescapable wonders even through the aching bones and fog in my brain. #inescapablehope #walkingon #green #blueskiesObligatory I’ve had a haircut selfie! Ah the small joys of life in this weird world. #haircut #pandemiclife #grateful #feelinglikemeArchives
Tag Archives: children
Thoughts from a long walk…
I sit in an ancient oak-beamed Sussex pub (as always props to Adrian Plass for capturing Sussex joys so well). Before me a pint of beer sits on the table. Locals chat around me as I wait for the food … Continue reading
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Tagged children, longwalkhome, paths, processing, southdownsway, walkingon
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My first love…
It was love at first sight, the evening we drove up from London, two friends and I, escaping the noise and claustrophobia of summer in the city. It was love at first sight as I drove into the twilight Up … Continue reading
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Tagged buttermere, children, fells, firstlove, joy, maker, mountains
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Advent 16
It’s been one of those days. One of those weary soul tiring days where there has been plenty of wonder but an underlying tone of exasperation, with the boys, with myself, with this imperfect world of ours. I have not … Continue reading
The slightly controversial word: Obedience.
Whilst at Word Alive last week we went to a couple of parenting seminars. They were very helpful in getting our heads around what we are trying to do in these first stages of the parenting world. Having someone else … Continue reading
Weekend roundup
We had the delightful joy of heading over to my parents new house on Saturday. They’ve eschewed the town life of Guildford and have settled in the small village of Liphook, which I’m sure has nothing to do with Dad … Continue reading
Day 43
Thankful for… A God who doesn’t condemn but who forgives and restores and is wonderfully kind. Sitting at the Beach Hut at lunch time with two small children and husbandface, enjoying random games, strange chat and more.
