For Today… 2nd January 2018
Outside my window… Storm Eleanor is gearing up and we’re battening down the hatches for her to hit tomorrow sometime
I am thinking… about a story that is floating round my head that came to me in the night. Now, before you go thinking that writers are gifted stories all the time, this one was the result of about 4 hours tossing and turning, arguing with myself and having conversations with people that I know will never happen. In an attempt to try and get those negative thoughts turned off I started reciting nursery rhymes and was struck by Little Bo Peep and how that simple little rhyme could be turned into a three act/scene play. The next two hours of insomnia were spent jotting down notes and working out the what if’s and what then’s of a potential story. Inspiration doesn’t just strike, it’s a result of a lot of things!
I am thankful… that our NHS has been able to treat me, my husband and my son over the Christmas holiday. We have all been pretty ill at one stage or another and needed various stages of medical support in the last couple of days. Today’s thankfulness is the urgent treating of my husband’s kidney stone and subsequent water infection
I am praying for… a swift recovery for all of us so we can crack on with what needs to be done
I am creating… reams of notes
I am going… to try and do some studying tomorrow. I’m a bit behind the calendar but nothing that I can’t catch up
I am wondering… if I’m going to need further antibiotics for this horrible throat infection
I am reading… “Origin” by Dan Brown. It’s very much in the same mode as “The Da Vinci Code” et al, but it’s an entertaining read and quite thought provoking
I am hoping… my husband has a restful night tonight
I am learning… that the older I get, the longer it takes to shake illness off
In my garden… the bins have been blown all over, the fence panel has detached itself from its moorings and the shrubbery is looking a bit tattered. It’s stormy out there tonight!
In my kitchen… had this for lunch/dinner/tea today. A vegetable base, lamb stock, pearl barley and split peas with some leftover lamb from Mum’s New Year Dinner yesterday. Hearty yet delicate and made us all feel a bit better
A favourite quote for today…
A peek into one of my days… taken the week before Christmas. Hollingworth Lake near Littleborough
One of my favourite things… is finding a new box-set to watch on Netflix
From the board room… I love this hot water bottle cover. Might try to make this sometime!
Post Script:
There is some news I wish to share with you which I shared on Facebook just before Christmas. You may know that I have been exploring ministry in the last 18 months or so, and I have been put forward for a selection panel to see if I am suitable for training to be an ordained minister for the Church of England. I am really pleased to be able to tell you that I was successful, and I will be training from September to become ordained. Thank you everyone who has prayed for me and offered me support in practical and spiritual ways on this journey thus far, and I hope you and I will continue our journey together as we see where God is calling me onward.
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