End the Stereotypes

End the Stereotypes

The theme for World Down Syndrome Day 2024 is “End the Stereotypes”. It’s in our human nature to judge and pigeonhole people. We may do so based on many things including a person’s appearance, behaviour, habits, possessions, fashion style or social status. All too...
Let Faith be Your Guide

Let Faith be Your Guide

I always knew this trip would be special, was destined and divine timing would play its part. Finally, I landed in Carcassone in southern France, with my family, disembarking the plane to be hit by a 36 degree heatwave on 18th July 2023. My original trip departure had...
Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap

If you read The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, you may well understand the tragedy and crime of the gross act of vandalism by a man wantonly felling the Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland recently. Scientific investigations have proved...
On the Wings of a Prayer

On the Wings of a Prayer

Recently, I was blessed with my first opportunity to hold a tiny wren. The Celts associate wrens with creatives including writers, poets, artists and musicians. This brought a smile to my face as my attention was drawn to the wren outside my patio window just as I was...
“One Big Family” on World Book Day 2023

“One Big Family” on World Book Day 2023

For World Book Day 2023 I was invited as guest author to a few schools and childcare facilities in Fermanagh to read ‘A little bit EXTRAORDINARY’. I felt very welcome everywhere I visited. I loved meeting so many children and having the opportunity to chat with them,...