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❤️ The Comings and Goings of Claire ❤️ Back to School. Now I’m back to school I am finding I have less and less time on my hands. Even blogging daily is a stretch. I’m managing but it’s hard. Having decided to take a year off from my master’s I thought I could use all… Continue reading Seasons of Joy {September 2022 Edition}

❤️ The Comings and Goings of Claire ❤️ Clueless with Claire. Do you remember my escapades in the garden last year? If you do, you may also remember, firstly, how useless I was, and secondly, my arch nemesis the garden slug? It was the slug which eventually put a stop to all my gardening endeavours.… Continue reading Seasons of Joy {July 2022 Edition}

The one thing Charlotte has never asked me, whilst in this perfect storm of ill health, is ‘Where is God?’. Yes, she has felt the Charlotte we all knew and love be shattered into a million tiny pieces. She has felt the hopelessness of not being able to plan more than one day in advance,… Continue reading Seasons of Joy

This past week has allowed me to do things I have put on the back burner for the last few years. For example, although I finished my novel a couple of years back, it was not long enough to be deemed a book. I had written about 22000 words, a novel needs to be upwards… Continue reading Seasons of Joy

Ooh, I learnt some new skills last week! I have taken to watching gardening YouTube videos in my spare time, and as I learn I do, regardless of whether it needs to be done! Take my mints for example. I learnt via a video that if you want your plants to spread out (and be… Continue reading Seasons of Joy

What a glorious week it has been weather wise. I was up at dawn on Monday and was fully dressed before I looked out of the window to see this: What an unusual gift from God midway through April! I had checked the weather on the BBC website the night before and absolutely no mention… Continue reading Seasons of Joy

Sometimes, my soul longs for quiet. It longs for aloneness and solitude. I think it is a need, much as breathing in the air. Just a few hours to spend doing, well nothing much. It can be as simple as being in the kitchen, alone. Maybe some soft worship music playing in the background. But… Continue reading Seasons of Joy

I have been reflecting recently about just how much energy has gone into looking after a terrified teen whose health took a nose dive and whose life’s reality is very different to the plans she had for her future. Charlotte is now getting all the help she needs. She is under the care of some… Continue reading Seasons of Joy

I begin this post today with a fresh perspective and renewed joy. Over the past year it has been incredibly special to be living a slow, quiet life. For the whole of the years I have lived, the world has celebrated extroverts, lively and flamboyant. As an introvert it has felt like I have been… Continue reading Seasons of Joy

The big news this week is that we finally have a concrete diagnosis of Charlotte seizures and hallucinations. We have had a few over the past three months, but none which explained all her symptoms. She has seen a neurologist privately who diagnosed her with non-epileptic seizure disorders; a psychiatrist who said her eeg showed… Continue reading Seasons of Joy