On 10th October 2018, World Mental Health Day, various Facebook friends posted about their experiences of mental heath struggles and some showed photos of the medicine that helped. Up until that day, almost all of my experiences of people who were on such meds had been negative. I had had some nasty and manipulative things [...]
Tag: faith
A prayer for the families of those found in the lorry
I cannot stop thinking about the relatives of those people who were found in the lorry in Essex. It is understood that some of the victims may have come from Nghe An district, Vietnam, where the priest says that the town is 'covered in sorrow'. Wherever those people were from, I have found myself needing [...]
Weekly Check-in (14)
Hello Friday! It feels like it's been a long week, so it's getting 7/10. Last Friday evening, Nathan and I had a 'Potter & PJs party' where we watched Harry Potter and ate our favourite party food - pulled pork nachos, spring rolls and onion rings - so healthy! It was very lovely to spend some time [...]
Back to school
A couple of weeks ago, I went to the secondary school I attended to talk to some year 9 students about my life beyond Tuxford. I had a really lovely day. I had a look around, seeing the way that the school has changed, and looking at the college presidents board with my name on [...]