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 [...]
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 [...]
I love anniversaries. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, anniversaries of significant events. I love it when Facebook tells me '7 years ago today you moved to University' (yes, 7 years this week!). I love reflecting on the changes that have come with time. Last week, the week of our first wedding anniversary, gave me the chance to [...]
The day after our wedding, we were taken to the station by some of our closest family, and were seen off having been showered in confetti (again!) on the platform. The fleecy hood of my coat was covered in little specs of gold, navy and white paper which just stuck. We had told hardly anybody [...]
