Death and (physical) Illness

A few weeks ago I went over with my parents to see one of my grandparents, whom had been taken into hospital for various old-age complaints along the line of “not looking after herself”. When I saw her, I recognised the expression on her face right away, having seen it in the mirror so many [...]

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Sometimes It’s Hard to Find the Strength to Keep Trying

As I mentioned, I’m on the waiting list for an organisation who work with young people with mental health issues. When I spoke to them on the phone, they’d promised to send some info out to me about them, and had said they had a group that I could go along to while I was [...]

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Of Mice and (Wo)men

Most nights I hear strange noises around me as I lie in bed. This would bother me (actually, given some of my childhood night terrors, it probably wouldn’t, but I digress), however as I live on the ground floor, and we share living space with a family of mice, I chalk it up to them. [...]

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A Time for Everything

There is a time for everything, a season for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to rebuild. A time to cry [...]

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