When it comes to clergy interviews, appointments and moves, a lot happens quietly and confidentially, and rightly so. This means that as my blog is a place where I process things, I can't always share when I want to. I wrote this the week before Nathan went for his interview for St Giles, and I'm [...]
A couple of weeks ago, the following conversation took place in our house. Me: 'Do you know how long we have been married this month, Nathan?' Nathan: 'Er... 2 years?' Me: 'Yep'. Nathan: 'Wow, 2 years. Has it really only been two years?!' Me: 'I know. It feels like about 10!' It was our wedding [...]
One grey afternoon in January after a long morning at church, the following conversation happened in our house. Me: I've been thinking about our holiday next week. Nathan (cautiously): right... Me: How about we don't go to Oxford? How about we just get a nice cottage not too far away instead? Nathan: What? We agreed [...]
Nearly 2 years ago to the day, Nathan and I had meal with our closest friends in Durham to celebrate our engagement. We booked a table at Pizza Express and we were delighted when six of our friends came to munch some delicious carbs and share a bottle or two. We were even more delighted [...]
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