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  • Doubting Thomas

    Doubting Thomas

    I was at a family celebration recently and the Biblical story of Doubting Thomas came up in conversation. Recap: Thomas was the disciple who had to have his Master’s resurrection proved to him by a (possibly) exasperated Jesus and a bloody side wound. I was brought up as one of the legion ‘blessed’ folk who…

  • Common people

    Common people

    Write what you know…in all themagazines and blogs that’s what they are commonly given to say to those just starting out. But not me. Oh no. I was told…writing is a therapy, a relief, it’s a way to break the confines of your position, your condition. Pour it out onto the pages and feel better.…

  • Steps

    Steps

    So, I am now seven weeks post op and the cast is finally off…it came off just over a week ago and it has been a mixed blessing really. It is way more comfortable to sleep at night now…I just lose my eyes and off I drift. This is luxury in the extreme and I…

  • Knowledge 2

    Knowledge 2

    So it’s taken me a while (but what’s new) but here is my second instalment of my diagnosis story. First instalment can be found here. So there I was, holding down a high powered job, crossing the globe advising multinationals at board level about their tax governance etc etc,  looking after two small boys, trying…

  • If. Or, Pollie writes a poem

    If. Or, Pollie writes a poem

    A blank page is an opportunity. It beckons But I stall. I’m shy, uncertain, What if this is all? All I can produce. All I can get down. Small and stuttered, Slurred and slowed, I’m starting to slow down. What if I never find my voice What if it’s gone from me? Stealing into the…