For Our Babies Friends who are Fathers speak glowingly of how their child sparked an energy within they never knew existed. Many Mothers have also shared stories with me of babies that left this world too soon. In all these conversations, the one common thread that continues to bewilder and inspire me is love. How … Continue reading For Our Babies community campaign
All too often do I feel like my voice is the only one acknowledging + championing the need to heed the emotions, the wider human experience, of people in healthcare. ALL people, be it workers, patients, friends, families, bystanders. Yet last week I found myself in the rare, yet inspiring and reaffirming, space of hearing … Continue reading Annual Birth Trauma Summit: my 7 take aways
How ironic is it that seeing beauty in people can make you blind
So often do we yearn to share when simply knowing must suffice
Don't be bemused when I refuse to defuse and cut loose the muse that leaves me confused: nothing else makes more sense
THE SOCIAL Call it nature, call it nurture, or an interplay of both, but we all behave differently around different people, in different spaces + places. To what extent and how varies between individuals. Why do we do this? Mobility. Now there are many definitions and typologies of mobility, but I'm going to frame it … Continue reading Filters (for life)
I can't remember the last full weekend I had completely off, to myself, where I was free to do what I liked. I want to reflect, I want to write. So much has happened since I wrote about my stunning stint in CHUB 8 months ago (read more). Despite it being my last entry, I've … Continue reading Check-in: Calais to Eryri
An ethereal + instinctive intimate connection that adorns you, melting two into one with pleasure + passion glowing with enduring warmth November 2022
Levitate together why Elevate on your own when we can November 2022
I love you for who you are, what you mean to me, and the world we continue to create and share May 2019
I shared shards into my soul, to help her become whole, but all she did was shatter them and make me feel small
Human encounters evanesce and some feelings are ephemeral Yet the energy you foster and the power in your meaning is eternal I feel it when I stagger + awe at the purity of your presence Time stands still as I smile for a while admiring you touch another soul Brimming with beauty you blew me … Continue reading Butterfly
"When do you suppose babies became so very precious? Are they more valued now because they can survive or do they survive because they are more valued?" Call the Midwife (Season 2, Episode 5; set in 1960) Let that sink in for a moment...... Poplar to Aberfan Now let's surge forward to 21 October 1966 … Continue reading Where there is pain, there is love
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