Tag: #God

  • Letters to press

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    Dear Letters department, Assisted Dying Vote March 17 2026 Have we forgotten the State Intervention we loathed during COVID? Preventing the spread of the COVID virus took precedence over all the usual etiquette between patients, their families, healthcare and the State. Anything that divides families, creates information vacuums, fear through isolation can only lead to… Read more

  • Have we forgotten the State Intervention we Loathed during COVID?

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    I just knew 2026 was going to be a challenge.  For twelve years my husband had enjoyed little complication from Prostate cancer.  Now he has advanced stage 4 prostate cancer.  The advanced bit we knew early January.  The PSA blood test used to detect if prostate cancer spreads had rocketed.  More than doubled in a… Read more

  • The ton, the telegram and the terrified

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    Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. To be the ton – a whole hundred years on the planet! And, if the Royalty is still in situ in Britain in 2072, to get a telegram of congratulations! It’s hard to write a letter to my 100 year old self. So many variables. I can’t imagine… Read more

  • The Fantastic Freedom to Fail

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    How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Fear of failure is toxic.  Paralysing. You can feel physically unwell though nothing is wrong. It is overwhelming, terrifying and produces catastrophic thinking.  It’s been a long time since I felt like that. Recovery from this fear of failure has had a… Read more

  • Learning to hear birdsong

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    What experiences in life helped you grow the most? “St David of Wales famously reminded us ‘Do the little things’”  It was a summer of contrasts, fearful imaginings and new beginnings. I met a man.  A real man.  My tumultuous and never should have happened marriage was dispersing into an empty painful divorce. We couldn’t… Read more

  • Twelve Years

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    When 12 years of remission from cancer ends …. Read more

  • Fool Me Once

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    Naked, it feels, in a cafe, at work, or a family gathering. Bargaining with God this can’t be the deal Lord! They think I am a fool They tell me I am a fool Am I a fool? Sacrifice God sure – but why this one?  Why are the beautiful things in my life foolish… Read more