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Something is missing... (there was a ramshackle play shed...) now to work out how to fit some trees, wild garden, firepit and seating into this space :) feels like we are moving well beyond early years parenting... #spring #gardenrescue #nextstageofparentingCleared out the garden and found this beauty :) frog or toad? #springcleaning #firstwarmday #springDaily SPRING is almost here post :) here’s the first wild primrose on our front lawn. Such hope of joys to come. #spring #cantgetenoughofit #hope #joy #primrosesJust started this and already in tears after reading of Dorothy Wordsworth and her love for the Lakes. My heart aches for those hills again but I am delighted to have found such good company for this leaning into the space and place I am journey of now. #womenofnature #naturewriting #achingforthelakes #gladofthesouthdowns #reading #writingwildSpring. Spring. Sunshine. Spring. Ahhhhhh. The smells, the freshness, the blue sky, the feeling of being alive. So happy about some national trust joy this afternoon. Feeling normal is the new normal. #spring #hope #joy #wonderSoooo happy this arrived in my letterbox today. Already the titles make me shiver with joy. #prayer #companionsontheway #womenoffaithArchives
Tag Archives: hope
Advent 14
It’s kind of felt like we have lived about 5 days today. Lockdown without being able to go for walks is not all that fun. Still. There was wonder to be found in all the lovely friends we have asking … Continue reading
Advent 5
Wonder hunting on a weary day of pain. It was found in the blue sky glimpsed through parting clouds, in the joys of a Christmas garden centre trip with the youngest, the stack of books exchanged for more books at … Continue reading
Advent 2020. A different kind of Advent, same Emmanuel to walk with us…
And so Advent slowly silently slips into the room. Yesterday we put our Christmas Tree up, I think the earliest we have ever done that. Yesterday I shed tears for the lack this year, for the grief, for the difference … Continue reading
On nurturing hope.
I sat in the shed. Turned the laptop on and clicked the zoom link. I wondered at what kind of strange world we live in where we conduct services through a screen. Thankful for the chance to connect despite the … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the journey
Tagged bestillandknow, contemplativeservice, hope, martynjoseph, Music, peace, songs, soulfood
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Thoughts from a week off…
I’ve had the last week off work, leaning into the space afforded by the 5 hours a day the boys are at school, enjoying the extra time to walk around the beautiful places near us, to read more books, to … Continue reading
Holy Week
It’s Holy Week, lent is almost over and with Palm Sunday yesterday and Good Friday in a few days time we have this week between. A time where we sit and remember the events of over 2000 years ago, the … Continue reading
Advent 19
It’s that time of year when I get to say we used to look like this: And now we look like this: Still smiling like goons. Today marks the end of our first decade together. 10 years ago we set … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Life on the journey
Tagged 10years, Advent, anniversary, hope, husbandface, journey, joy
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Advent 13
All I’ve got is this video: And this quote: “Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you’ll never make it through the night.” – Princess Leia
Advent 2
I forget that there is always a day in December where the wonder flows with ease. Where it is easy to write of the hope of God here on the earth because I meet up with two of my favourite … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Anna, Christmas, friends, friendship, hope, husbandface, Jesus, Light, maker, Sarah, thankful
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Finding God in ‘Come From Away’
Life is hard. For many of us. Life is a long hard slog. Recently I’ve felt like I’ve been drowning in the dark, just surviving until the end of each day. There has, however, been a thread of light which … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the journey, Songs along the way
Tagged comefromaway, dance, God, harbour, hope, maker, Music, opendoor
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