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Be Right Back – on a blog break
I’ve only just started writing again, and now I’m disappearing? Well, not quite. You see, I have very limited time to write at the moment (being at home with young children does that), so I am trying to be a bit more organised! My blog will continue and I aim…
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5 reflections from my hospital bed
In the last few months I have spent some time in hospital as an inpatient. The first time I was in for just over two weeks in April for my stem cell transplant. The second was for a couple of days or so in June as I had pneumonia. As…
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The Mustard Seed Mum: When Mummy’s Sick
I’m not a mummy blogger with Pinterest boards of fun activities to do, Instagram stories of days out with my two little ones or a YouTuber with life advice on how to survive those early months and years. The Mustard Seed Mum is just my corner to reflect on motherhood…
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Why Did You Doubt?
“Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.” Elisabeth Elliot Christians are known for being people of faith who have confidence in God. Surely that trust in God is the antithesis of doubt, right? But what if it’s God we are doubting? How can He be trusted if…
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The Hardest Post
It’s a Sunday afternoon with the clearest of blue skies, a breeze that rustles through the trees and the sense that this summer will be better than the last. Lockdowns became a catalyst for breakdowns of relationships, the mind, the body and much more. There was so much loss felt…
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Waiting for words because they matter
Do you know someone who always knows the right thing to say at the right time? Maybe you know someone who always manages to say the wrong thing. Words matter. Whether we speak them out or write them down. Even when we say nothing, that speaks volumes too. Many people…
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Unlocking the truth in lockdown
It’s almost June and it’s week I-don’t-know-what of the lockdown measures because of COVID-19. This has been a season of struggle and suffering for many. The ‘norm’ has been changed to a new normal. It’s been months since we’ve been able to hug someone outside of our home. We have…
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When envy tries to wear you down
Her name is Envy. You might know her. She whispers in your ear that who you are and what you have is not enough. You need to be like someone else or go for what that other person has because it’s what you really want. She seems to crop up…
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New life from death
The flowerpots from last year that once housed beautiful blooms have now grown weeds. As I was sat one afternoon journalling in the sunshine, I glanced at those dead plants. I remembered earlier that week looking out of the window at the sparrows that would fly down to the pots.…
Ruth Clemence 