A life worth ending.

A life worth ending.

A while ago a young woman in her early twenties arrived at reception and started speaking to my staff. I could immediately tell that this wasn’t an ordinary enquiry and stepped out of my office to meet this lady with such distress in her voice. I was not sure what had...
Choices.

Choices.

As I am typing this blog, I am in bed with a man who is not my husband. (No, dear Reader, this is not just a cheap stunt in order for you to keep clicking through to my blog so it can boost my organic traffic, this is totally true). I’ve taken off my shoes and am...
The honest-casualty.

The honest-casualty.

Spoiler alert… if you’ve not read or watched Frankenstein yet, stop reading now or forever hold your peace.   Mary Shelley’s brilliant novel, Frankenstein, is an absolute work of art. No one can deny this, but I love that even 207 years after it was written, you...
When we borrow courage.

When we borrow courage.

I was having a  cup of coffee just now, enjoying the quiet after sunrise and listening to the carers quietly getting bathing trolleys ready and making tea for our special people. My eye caught the security camera screens and I watched our guest from the DRC open his...
Frauds, fakes and other thieves.

Frauds, fakes and other thieves.

Today I am writing about a topic about which you might think I have no experience, but please can I just enlighten you, dear Reader, that I have, through no desire of my own, had plenty! I do not generalise (in general) but eight times out of ten  my interactions with...