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Category Archives: loss
Hopes and dreams
I’ve recently found myself wanting to have hopes, dreams, desires and being invested in things. Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Life, loss, Perseverance
Tagged Dreams, Hope, life, loss, worry
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A ramble of different things.
My Dad has been very poorly and was in hospital for 5 weeks. He is out now…apart from the hospital losing him for 2 hours over the weekend when they took him back in briefly. If I’m honest I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, Life, loss, Uncategorized
Tagged Bereavement, Christianity, Distractions, Faith, life, loss, Twitter
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“You’re not academic”
Another essay in. I still have 2 to do this year that I had deferred from previous years due to bereavements. It’s honestly a miracle I’ve got this far and I’m so grateful to God everytime I hand an essay … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Widow
Tagged Academia, Bereavement, Christianity, Faith, Hope, life, loss, Theology, Thoughts, Widow
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Kindness
It wasn’t someone shouting at me that my beliefs were wrong that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone screaming at me that I was ‘going to hell’ that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone quoting Bible … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, counselling, Deconstruction, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Perseverance, Teaching, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Evangelical, Kindness, Liberal
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Chinks of light.
Phew. The third-year anniversary of John’s death is over. It was so hard this year. Every day since John died I have got out of bed straight away when I’ve been awake but twice in the last month I haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, grief, Hope, loss, Theology, Widow
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Christmas time.
The last day of the Christmas has arrived in the church calendar. Midnight Mass was beautiful, I cried even though I was serving but did it discreetly so no one saw, I was overwhelmed by the story of Jesus’ birth, … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, life, loss, pain, Theology, Widow, widowed
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Leftover thoughts.
A few thoughts following the last blog post. These thoughts actually started off as a thread of tweets but realised they could and probably should be a blog post. I have extended it a little too. a) My relationship with … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, Faith, grief, Widow
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This and that.
Haven’t written for a while. Life’s been trickling on steadily. Settling into the flat ok, Alfie and Eric my Yorkies are happy. It’s a difficult week this week, it should have been Mum’s Birthday a few days ago and it … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, church, Faith, grief, life, loss, Warden, Widow
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Ruined but onward.
Yesterday, as I was in Warwickshire visiting my sister, I made a trip to Coventry Cathedral. I absolutely love that place, I always have done since I was a kid. One of the highlights of my life was working (and … Continue reading
Ramblings of authenticity.
Firstly let me apologise for the length of this post. Please don’t read it if it’s too long for you. I know I look at some blog post and think, “ain’t got time for that”. I totally ramble on and … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, counselling, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Perseverance, Pride, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged ambiguity, Authenticity, blogging, evaluation, Faith, grief, life, Theology, Widow
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