Who me?           What am I doing here?                                                                                                                                                Have you ever suffered from “Imposter Syndrome”?                                                                                              Surely someone else could do a better job than me?                                                                             I’ll mess up, I’ll fail, this is all a terrible mistake? I remember when I was at university, I failed a respiratory physiology exam and that was the end…

I love the books written by the Yorkshire vet Alf Wight or “James Herriot” as we know him.  I think that the man is a genius to have the idea of writing the stories of his experiences of working as a rural vet.  I remember laughing when I first read them, I loved the film…

Today is a very special day in my life. It’s my son, Richard’s birthday. He lives in Singapore and we had a wonderful time over the Christmas period when he was home to see us and to visit his friends. Needless to say, his case was quite heavy when he was travelling back as he…

Back after the Christmas break, the Mothers and Toddlers group were making calendars.  Granddaughter hastily and clumsily donned a plastic apron, scrambled onto the dauntingly high adult chair and surveyed the scene on the table. She gleamed over to me with a look that said “Really Grandma? Accessible plates of coloured paint? Are you sure…

Our holiday in the Lake District in the Autumn of 2020 was memorable. It was very wet. While we were there the Prime Minister announced the second lockdown which started. But we were heartily thankful to be able to get away at all. On a walk up the Copper Mines Valley to Levers Water we…

Daniel had every reason to feel down about his situation, he had lost everything he knew:  his family, his country, the teachings and priestly worship in the temple, the annual festivals, his hopes and expectations for the future, even his name.  In their place he now lived in a pagan culture, where the people worshipped…

2 Corinthians 12 verse 5 includes this phrase – I will boast about a man like that,  When I was 13 years old, and thanks to the intervention of an aunt, I started work on Saturdays and some school holidays on a Land Settlement Association holding in Newbourne, Suffolk. It belonged to a Christian man who also…

I am not the world’s best timekeeper. Twice a week I share a lift with a friend to our local gym for keep fit classes. We have a system where she picks me up about 15mins before the class is due to start and we arrive with plenty of time to spare. However our system…