Living In Hope – facing a different future

It is our practice as a household to say ‘grace’ before meals. This is despite the efforts of a friend of ours who taught our children to chorus ‘grace’ any …

Grace Read More

I am broken. My most recent hospitalisation has wrought some changes that are as devastating as anything I have faced hitherto. The medical opinion is that my recurrent bouts of …

It’s life Jim, but not as we know it Read More

I’m currently enduring my fourth hospitalisation in nine months – again as a result of a chest infection. The nature of my condition is such that I have a weakened …

Surreal moments Read More

Back in the 1970’s there was a rock band, Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP) who ultimately became famous for two things: first for being a bunch of gifted musicians who …

All bar the kitchen sink Read More

It has taken me a long time to get there, but I think I finally understand why small children hate shopping in supermarkets. The issue, folks, is frostbite. If you …

Don’t stop being curious – keeping broad horizons Read More

No, I’m not talking about disability, which is also a ‘d’ word, but rather I want to talk about ‘disappointment’. It is not a story which is unique to me, …

The ‘D’ word Read More

What would you like to be able to do that is physically beyond you? I’m not talking about flying, or walking on the moon, I’m more thinking about things that …

Dreamland Read More

I am an accountant at heart… no, don’t switch off, hear me out. As an accountant I understand that every action has an opposite and equal reaction – that is …

Debits and credits Read More

To what extent do you plan how you are going to invest your energy on any given day? The vast majority of you don’t give it a second thought – …

May the Force be with you Read More

(A reflective piece on the issue of body image and identity) I have always thought I had quite a nice bum – just saying – and I used to be …

Knowing me, knowing you Read More