Not the Christmas we expected

My mum had a small stroke a couple of days before Christmas and was, and is, still in hospital. There is no damage to her brain, her left side is not so good, but improving.
The feelings of helplessness, as we’re currently in America for Christmas with the in-laws, was one of the worst things about [...]

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The Immigrant Issue

So on the BBC website this morning was a news article about tourist visa times which states that:
A deposit of at least £1,000 to be paid by families who want relatives to visit Britain will also be introduced.
Now this isn’t that specific on whether it’s purely for those who need tourist visas to visit or [...]

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Letters! Finally!

So I will finally have some letters after my name. Not that I’m likely to use them, but I have them!
I got my results back from Open University and got 74%, which is a grade 2 pass in the course I took this year, E301, The Art of English. So I now have a Diploma [...]

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I have the certificate to prove it!

On the 9th of December G and I got baptised as Christians in our Church of England church.
I didn’t think it would make too much of a difference, but it has. I now feel full inside and part of something that strives for goodness and happiness, for love. Sometimes these days it’s easy to fall [...]

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Insomnia Strikes…

Actually, to be pedantic, since insomnia is apparently working, it would have been better to title this, Insomnia is a Scab that has crossed the Picket Line, but then I just sound like a crazy!
This is my fourth bout in the last month or two. It’s been a year since it was last an issue [...]

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