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Friends Reunited!
Have you ever lost touch with a friend, and wondered what ever happened to them, how things were going for them and their life? This is quite a long story, so settle down, are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin! A long time ago, back in about 1980, while we were on a family camping…

Show & Tell – Spot the difference and step back in time
This photo is a treasured family photo from my husband’s family. It is his great grandfather (born in 1850) with SOME of his EIGHTEEN children, outside the family farm in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. He had two wives, when the first one died (probably from exhaustion!) he married within months, and went on to have…

Review of 2016 …. July and August
My review of 2016 continues …. you can read part 1 HERE Lovely to be back up at the north coast at the beginning of the summer Each of the kids were heading in different directions this summer, one was a CSSM leader for the first time, one heading to Spain on a mission trip…

Promise of spring, and getting to know me!
This morning, after I dropping the children off at their Sunday School classes, and before returning for coffee and the morning service at our church, I took a walk in the nearby park. At first everything seemed quite grey and bleak, but then the sun came out, and I spotted some flecks of colour among…

From Belfast to the Bethlehem Experience
Today we took our 7 year old to Kings Hall in Belfast to the Bethlehem Experience. We had heard great reports about it, and weren’t disappointed. It gave us a glimpse of life in Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth. It was a totally free event, organised by Christchurch, Belfast “Walk the streets, meet…

More lessons, and the start of a dining room makeover
OK – last week I apologized for missing out on blogging, and here I am again…..history is repeating itself! So it is a bit cheeky to ask “Did you miss me?” However, I have blogged ONCE since the last lessons learned – with a wonderful giveaway, sponsored by Uprinting.com. You can win 250 personalised cards…