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‘A Call to Action’
As everyone knows, young people are bombarded with normalised violence through highly realistic video games that take the player through many hours of simulated combat and criminal behaviour. In...
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Hurrah for Horrible Histories!
I’ve had a little girl off school this past week with a nasty tummy bug. For the last few days, to keep her active little brain occupied, Chip has been watching videos on DVD and youtube (with...
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‘Mummy, Sometimes I Feel Like Killing Myself’
Frank is away this week in London on business. It’s been a surreal time. I miss him terribly. It’s the longest we’ve ever been apart, but I’m making the most of the time with just me and the children....
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Being a Good Mother
One of my biggest ‘issues’ which I have been addressing through EMDR is the sometimes crippling anxiety over being ‘a good mother’. There are many things that have led to this fear of being a bad...
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You’re Little for a Little While
The end of the summer term brings numerous school traditions. This morning was, once again, Prize Day at Chip’s primary school, and I was invited once more to the ceremony. As they read out the title...
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Roots
[Jesus said] “…a farmer went out to sow. As he sowed, some seeds… fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. When the...
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Summer, Age 12
We waved off our middle child today, All pink and rosy and full Of bounce. Or, not so much bounce, what with carrying a backpack Cram-jammed full for a week of fun In the sun and the dirt and the...
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Conversations with Chip: Zombies, Spaceships and Doing the Conga
“I had a funny dream last night, Mummy,” Chip said as we made our way to school. “Oh yes?” I replied. “Yes. I dreamed that giant zombies came and destroyed Sir William Walters School!” “Oh dear!” I...
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A Half Unearthly Radiance
She found Anne standing motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows, with her eyes astar with dreams. The white and green light strained through apple trees and clustering...
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Give a Child a Future
There are quite a few blog posts floating around my head at the moment, but I have been too busy and/or too tired to actually write them. This is just a quick post to provide a link to the ONE...
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