It’s been over five years since I wrote about my crisis of faith, so thought I’d do an update. I really wish it was a happily-ever-after, all-tied-up-with-a-bow story, like in a book or the movies, but unfortunately real life isn’t like that. So today I’m coming out of the spiritual closet to tell you the […]

In last week’s post about our daughter’s wedding, I mentioned that I had to lose a bit of weight in order to wear the gorgeous mother of the bride dress I’d bought way back in October 2019. Since then I’ve had a couple of people ask me how I lost those corona kilos, so I […]

It feels like years since our daughter announced her engagement, and the wedding preparations began …  Maybe that’s because it HAS been years! Engaged in October 2018, the kids originally set the date for 1st May 2020 (just days before our own 30th wedding anniversary). Alas, along came Covid and by the end of March the […]

I must confess … this is not a post that I ever thought that *I* would be writing! My whole life I have struggled with being tired all the time (thanks to glandular fever, depression, severe anemia and sleep apnea). I’ve never had any problems with falling asleep! And now? I find myself struggling with […]