He’s back! I woke up in the night this week and there he was, on my pillow, sitting cross-legged, feeding snippets of paranoia into my mind through my ears! I felt my stomach clenching, as the fears rose to the surface. I am always quick to feed a worry and Captain P knows this. He […]
So the lurgey saga continues……….. I returned home late on Tuesday evening, after two short return flights and time for a glorious foot massage in transit in Bangkok Airport. My baggage was heavy: one full bag of eleven days worth of dirty laundry; extra papers, booklets and resources from the packed days of work; bulky […]
So, while all the grump and rant was going on about the Femara side effects and the afters of treatment, just to ice the cake, I have had a Visitation around the same time. Only now am I able to share that. The first element of the Visitation became evident not long after I had […]
There are so many different ways of handling a cancer diagnosis. There are more ways than there are people who have or have had cancer, in my view. As each one of is individual, each approach is unique. It might be similar to many others, but it is essentially unique. Why more ways than people? […]
Pre-script/spoiler alert As promised, here is the detail of this latest twist in the tale. I particularly wanted to provide the previous short post, to share the news promptly that the investigative tests had been clear. This is absolutely not intended to bring concern or suspense, but rather to document and probably moreover, process and […]
When I bent down to pick up the gauntlet which Marie had sent in my direction late on Wednesday evening, I had no idea that the resultant post and re-post would attract nearly so much attention. Being part of the challenge brought a real sense of kinship. What particularly astonished me was the strength and […]
It is rather late here in Yangon on a Wednesday evening. I am sitting under the fan, the air damp and humid as I am catching up with the rest of the world online. I pour yet another glass of chilled water from the fridge, squeeze a sliver of lime into it, as I have […]
There are many things on my mind as I pack, now at the end of an intense week in Cambodia, ranging from intense strategic discussions, inspiring and humbling accounts from our programmes and a harrowing backdrop of the all too recent genocide in the Khmer Rouge years. Captain Paranoia is still with me constantly, but […]
In the first two months of the year I have had an exorbitant amount of travel. Which I love, if I am honest. Even if it is draining physically, I find it energising (how illogical is that?!) and fills me with motivation, enthusiasm and inspiration. I get a real kick from visiting new places, soaking […]
It’s a Happy Landmark Day today and what’s more, I’m in some great company as at least two blogging friends (Bringing up Goliath and In the land of new normal) have been marking “blogaversaries” in the past few days! Two years ago, after weeks of lying awake at night, dark thoughts and questions swirling around […]
Feisty Blue Gecko - a tail of the unexpected 