Posts from July 2025

Recognising Our PovertyI was speaking with a patient at hospital this week who was talking about being in a 12 Step programme. We were reflecting on the first step which was recognising our powerlessness over the thing that has us locked in addiction. As I was thinking about this conversation later, I connected it to a quote I had read in the book, ‘Blessed are the Others’ by Andrew DeCort in which he leads readers in reflections based around the…

Shout Out to the Mums.  ‘Mum, muum, muuum. I did it. I did it.’ My three-year-old grandsom Jonty barreled across the room, held up his partly built lego tractor and proudly thrust it in front of his mum. Beth stopped peeling the carrots she was prepping for dinner. She crouched down on weary legs, took the emerging toy in hand, and carefully examined it. “Wow Jonty, that’s amazing. You’re so clever.” She smiled at him, tussled his hair, and gave…

Most of my family find it funny that I keep losing my belongings. They laugh or roll their eyes when I ask them if I have seen my favourite grey (100 percent merino) jumper.[1] Except Mum, who brings up that she can’t find hers either. I feel like I am slowly losing my marbles. Metaphorical ones. I probably lost the real ones when I was younger. I have been busy wondering and worrying whether I will be able to get the…