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Goodbye twenties!

March 19, 2023October 25, 2023 revpoppy1 Comment

I'm sat in my PJs with a gin and knitting, having just tidied and washed up from Mothering Sunday afternoon with our family. It's just occurred to me that it's my last day in my twenties! Cue blog. My twenties have been amazing and full. Graduating from Chester, a year in London, Vicar School, meeting [...]

Posted in Everything Else!Tagged birthday, change, thirties, twenties

2023 intentions

January 7, 2023October 25, 2023 revpoppy2 Comments

It's that time of year again when I look back on my post from the beginning of 2022 and laugh! Well, I'm not laughing that much, but isn't it funny how the best intentions sometimes just go out of the window? In 2022, I wanted to write 26 blogs, one a fortnight, and I actually [...]

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2022 Reading Challenge (part 2)

January 4, 2023October 25, 2023 revpoppy

The Shut Eye. Belinda Bauer. Another great book by Belinda Bauer! It's about a family whose son has gone missing and a police detective who was in charge of the case of another missing child. This was a difficult read in places, especially as I have a little one myself. But it is well written [...]

Posted in Everything Else!Tagged #books, reading, reading challenge

A decade on

July 12, 2022October 25, 2023 revpoppyLeave a comment

Ten years ago today I landed in Burundi and my life changed forever. I was 19 and when an email landed in my inbox 8 months earlier inviting me to go on the trip, I jumped at the chance. But when it came to zipping up my suitcase the night before, I was terrified and [...]

Posted in Everything Else!, MinistryTagged Africa, Burundi, calling, church, Jesus, ordination

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