Saturday, 9 February 2013

Home alone

As most of you will know Paul is in Seattle for 12 days (due back on valentines day) and Sarah is on her way to Paris (currently in London on her way to the Eurostar). PJ and Hannah are of course in Soton and Southsea, which leaves me home alone. And right now I'm looking forward to it! Its only for 5 days, and I have bits and pieces happening on most days, and for the rest I have a new book, and sole control of the remote, and the place is tidy and warm. I'm fairly sure I'll get fed up of it but for now its fine :)
 

Friday, 1 February 2013

Life...

I sometimes struggle with what to write in my blog because so much of what is going on in my life is because of work, and I cant write about that......I love my job, I work with a great bunch of people, I get to do the job God created me to do and I work with the most amazing children and their families. And I maintain that caring about is as important as caring for. Which makes it a tough job to do sometime. But they are other people's stories so the bits I can talk about here are limited, and talking about trivial things seem wrong.
 
But a friend commented that I hadn't posted for a while so here I am.......
 
 I feel blessed when I can watch children make new friends at the same time as they are grieving. I am in awe of friends who can smile through tears, and be there for each other. I am glad that they, and I can balance a relationship that is part professional and part friend, in varying mixes. I am grateful for other times when purely as a professional I get to walk alongside people, and make a little bit of a difference.
 
I appreciate good coffee, and friends to share it with. Days off to recover and rest. A day when the sun shines, and the days are just a little bit longer, a hint of spring just round the corner.
 
Other stuff - Paul about to be travelling again.....the start of my dissertation, that early bit where it feels like I have enough time to enjoy learning. Sarah, PJ and Hannah all well and thriving in what they are doing.