Round Numbers
Last weekend as I was walking around the park with Gertie I was thinking about my beloved Seth and the tears just ran down my face, no conscious effort, they just fell. It was reminiscent of the hours, days weeks and months immediately after Seth's death the tears...
Just for You
My focus is strategic, delivering goals and setting clear direction. People are at my centre creating a place of trust by working as part of the team. My personal experience is shaped by a lack of care and compassion; it drives me, Knowing people’s strengths and...
Bonds
Something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together. Where did I end and where did you begin? For years we were as one A clump, indistinct, together, moving forward. Two people but one couple one entity. One entity decoupled a cruel parting short brutal and...
Archie
Archie a man not known A little boy full of mischief and fun Running around being silly Being the boy that he was Updates each year Oh, how you have grown Study, school, moving onwards Adventures with friends shared by your mum Then teenage years The photos show the...
Reflections
A long standing heart ache always there but raw and resurgent Missing the joy of connection and my little blue pal A guilty day spent alone but know it’s the best thing to do. A contact from a colleague another person needing advice about pancreatic cancer. Saying...
Omnipresent … Everpresent
They are all around They have been for years At the start in 2014 they were everywhere they surrounded me, close,.... ever-present. Thrusting their joy and love in my direction Then they dispersed a little; still there but not so omnipresent, Sometimes their presence...
When Worlds Collide
Working in a job that aims to improve experience of care for people who use health services there are often times when my work crosses over with my personal experiences and that can be tough. A conversation, a thought, an encounter with a patient or carer can evoke...
Alternative Christmas
When I was a child Christmas was magical. It began in mid December when the Lewis’s Christmas parade would burst into Porthill in full technicolour with loud Christmas music and causing universal excitement. Standing against the fence high above road at Bradwell...