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The Christmas Album

These songs have travelled with me through many seasons of faith, family, and quiet worship. Some are centuries old, some more recent, and one is my own. This album is...

It May Take the Hilt, Too.

My Grandma died in December. I miss her. She once said something to me when I was pregnant with Ella: “We’ll defend...

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Permission

On 16th January this year I finally realised this: I don’t need the permission of my abusers; they never sought mine. It’s...

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Poetic Injustice 28.08.2020

Do I have to Wait Until I’m sixty Or dead For anyone to recognise What passed before Their eyes Unseen Unnoticed Beautiful...

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Vestal Virgin 27.10.2020

It was summer 2002. The year before I lost my innocence totally and irrevocably; the year before I became a parent. The...

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Loss

Listening to Ed Sheeran. Small Bump will come on in a minute. It doesn’t make me cry. It makes me sob. There...

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Don’t Envy What You Weren’t Prepared to Pay for

Don’t envy what you weren’t prepared to pay for. ***** 17 years earlier They think I’m stupid. Naïve. Dumb. She actually asked...

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January 2020 GNP Article – God’s Loudspeaker

God’s Loudspeaker Have you ever carried your coat when it wasn’t raining, because you knew it would rain later? God did something...

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Happy Birthday

May there be cake and balloons. Candles and laughter. Memories and presents.

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Jagger Fox Part Two 28.08.2020

Jagger Fox You knew I would not fear you now You knew With time My mind Would outgrow Your boldness You knew...

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In

Without Title

Beyond frustration nowI sit, slouch, hunch forwardAnd slump back.What is the pointThis isolationThese wars and wordsSurprise and betrayalLoss of belonging. The usual...

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Boxing Day Dinner – Cold Turkey 08.03.2021

Well. I remembered another two books I had, that I used to dip into to try and stick this healing journey. Captivating...

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Bea’s Friend 17.02.21

Bea’s Friend I look up and see him entering the café. I remember the first time; how my heart beat wildly and...

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