Imagine a post-office queue in December. A customer finally reaches the front of the queue and asks for 50 stamps. The person serving asks: “Do you want the special Christmas nativity stamps?” The woman replied, “Oh no! I can’t stand all that religion, it ruins Christmas!” The above story was a real conversation. It’s surprising...
On Remembrance Day our minds are turned to consider the past, review our present and chart the future. The harsh reality is that peace comes at a price. For all the hardships and pain of war we tend to take our current experience of peace for granted, to our shame. It is hard for us...
It’s time to pause for thought given that we’ve just reached 10 years in our current location, but also we are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. You could say we have tin and silver in mind as symbols! It’s quite a year. It’s possible to celebrate in various ways and we will do so with...
“Well, that’s that,” someone might be heard to say as they disembark from an aeroplane. The clink of the duty free bottles, a rolled up magazine, a glowing complexion and sandaled feet are some of the distinguishing marks of the globetrotter. The time away has come to an end. It’s time to get back to...
We live at a time when the elderly can often feel undervalued and on the scrap heap of life. It begs the question as to whether ageing is to be avoided at all costs? Here’s what one person said were his two reactions to entering retirement: gratitude and annoyance. “The first was gratitude! I had...