Tag: come holy ghost

  • The Godfather

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    `God’s’ That is the one word that describes me. After many prodigal years I found that out by accident. Killing time, staying uncomfortably, in someone else’s house I read the Footprints in the Sand poem which was in a clip frame in their bathroom. I could hardly avoid it as I brushed my teeth. I… Read more

  • The pleasure of Patience

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    My mum was coming down her stairs. A difficult feat in her last days and only performed if she had an appointment she had to attend. I was working daily on a roller coaster of emotions. The intensity of caring for an elderly, widowed mother with historic emotional challenges, was not easy. “Come on mum… Read more

  • The Hidden Paws

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    I guess cats. If I am to make any comparison then cats. For starters I can sleep like cats sleep. For long, long periods. I am a real stickler for routine the way cats are. I like to think I go where I am needed, like cats. The cats I have had the joy of… Read more

  • Margaret’s Magic

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    We were big on middle names in my family. Many used their middle name as their first name. I was not too hot on my middle name. It seemed so boring and so old fashioned. I guess when I knew it was my grandma’s name I felt more warm towards it. She was a strong… Read more

  • My brother’s suicide

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    Perhaps because there is no goodbye it was the hardest.  Worse still anyone who has experienced this tragedy knows you piece together your own goodbye with what ifs, regrets, disbelief. And for a long time all this shapes the narrative backwards.  You doubt if you ever knew him, the truth, how he was. Every photograph… Read more

  • Ashes to Ashes

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    I have grown to like the humbling of ashes on my forehead. The chance to speak up in silence the charcoal cross carved on my forehead as my blonde hair caresses. And to look around to see who else is saying today ‘ I am God’s child’ And that is the most important thing. I… Read more

  • Forgiveness the best gift

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    Forgiveness unforseen you gave me without a ‘But’ without a price tag without a regular reminder bitter and grudged. ‘It might take me a while to trust’ you said but it didn’t because you knew yourself and you knew me and you wanted our love more than ego. Ego is lonely and unforgiveness an open… Read more