The Journey

As we come to the last post for this journal I reflect back through the past four years when my journey began first with my redundancy, then my laryngeal cancer, then the Covid pandemic....

When we face a tragic loss, we feel for a while that we are living in a bizarre unreality. We experience grief and guilt. Guilt may be intense or light, deserved or undeserved. Both...

In order to fully explain how loss has impacted my life I need to go back to March 2020 when I found myself made redundant after 12 years in the job that I loved....

When I woke up after my surgery, I found myself completely dependent on the nursing staff. I was unable to get out of bed, shower myself, eat, talk. It was a very strange experience...

The day of surgery had finally arrived. I was up at 4.30am to prepare for arrival at the hospital for 6.30am. Showering with the special soap. Ensuring I had packed everything for a 10-...

I had a date for my surgery – April 12th 2021. Having met again with my surgeon I had a clearer picture of what this means. The surgery would take around 4-6 hours and...

Since early times, angels have been used by God to bring messages from God; comfort, protect, contend with evil spirits, and so much more. Today there is a culture that believes that each of...

Facebook gets a lot of panning, but all through my journey, I have been able to connect with friends who I know are praying for me daily. I wouldn’t make it through without God...

More than twenty years ago, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery to remove my left breast and reconstruct it with flesh from my stomach I wondered if I would ever...

I don’t like waiting. I like to get on with things, make them happen. So, when I find myself repeatably in a place where I have no control over events and must just wait,...