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There’s a lot of negative stuff going on in the world, there’s no doubt about that. Death, illness, economic problems individually and corporately, lockdowns, social distancing, quarantine and all manner of things that seem sent to try us. It’s easy to see that we might be struggling to see anything other than the negative in…

Strange times. In less than a month, day-to-day life for many of us has changed beyond recognition. Just a few short weeks ago, how many of us could have imagined a world in which we couldn’t catch up with friends over lunch, or pop into town for a pint? Or a time when you would do…

I’ve had lots of positive feedback since I shared my song, The Father’s Precious Gifts, last week so I thought I’d share with you all the story behind the song’s creation. After God called home our precious Lentil, just weeks into our first pregnancy in 2017, I spent a lot of time walking in creation, sitting…

It’s Mother’s Day, a day for honouring mothers and motherhood. On this occasion last year I was marking the day thinking of my two precious children – the one in God’s arms and the one snuggled cosily in my womb. This year that second child is making her presence known throwing pieces of banana and…

This weekend was a special one for us. It was the weekend when we got to publicly and formally thank God for the wonderful gift of our baby daughter at her dedication service. After losing our previous Lentil, and while praying for a baby to bring to birth and care for on Earth, I found…

Time. Do you ever want it to just slow down? Sitting in bed between my sleeping husband on one side and our sleeping daughter in her crib the other, considering how much I love being able to share my nights them both, a realisation hit me. It was the realisation that we’re already five months…

The subject of identity has been a common topic for as long as I can remember, whether it be through sentiments such as “It’s how you see yourself that matters” or the growing discussion and debate about gender identity. But what is identity all about and does it really matter? There’s no doubt that each…

It’s been two years. Two whole years. Twenty four whole months have passed since the day we found out that we’d lost our precious first child. And so much has happened. So much has changed. When I reflected last year on the first anniversary of the hardest day we had ever faced, we didn’t know…

The number 13. Considered unlucky by some but not by me. Thirteen years ago today I got together with a lovely man I had met a few weeks before…on Friday 13th. Thirteen years on, we’re happily married and settling into life as parents to our beautiful little girl. (We got married in 2013 on the…

October has arrived which means baby loss awareness is very much on the agenda so it seemed a good time to explore the minefield that is pregnancy after loss and perhaps dispel some myths around it – and to explore how faith and fear can operate in tandem during what can seem the longest and…