A New Year Promise…Hope In The Midst of Delight and Despair

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 ~ Sam ~ 1 Comment

I pray every day of this New Year will be full of hope, anticipation and peace every step of the way, no matter the twists and turns.

“If At First You Don’t Succeed…. There’s Always The 12 Days of Christmas”

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 ~ Sam ~ 3 Comments

We never quite know what's around the corner. Our diseases couldn't care less if it's a birthday, or Christmas, or any other kind of celebration.

All I Want For Christmas is……Comfort and Joy

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 ~ Sam ~ Leave a comment

How can we all find comfort and joy this Christmas? I really don't have a dot point list of jolly holly answers for you. I'm not even sure I can rustle up a Ho Ho Ho!

My Medical Musings Christmas “Blogmas”…plus a Health Update

December 17, 2024 ~ Sam ~ Leave a comment

This post is all about my Christmas musings during December last year as I realised I had written and shared more than I usually do and just haven’t had the time or energy this year.

Don’t Forget The Season of Advent….Christmas Is Coming

December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 ~ Sam ~ Leave a comment

In the hustle and bustle of preparing for Christmas I love the Advent season. This is the season the Christian church celebrates in the lead up to Christmas. It’s the start of the Church year and Advent Sunday marks the four Sunday’s before Christmas Day.It’s a season of reflection and expectation. Advent is latin for … Continue reading Don’t Forget The Season of Advent….Christmas Is Coming

What A Year… Time to Review 2024!

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 ~ Sam ~ Leave a comment

The future is a little unknown, but we are just trying to take life one day at a time .

‘Twas The Week Before Christmas and All Through The House….

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 ~ Sam ~ 2 Comments

Looking through the window from the outside lane, you'd be hard pressed not to think it was a quaint "Victorian scene." Even a Christmas card painting it would seem. Look a little closer and peek further inside. A slightly different image from the perfect home may be disguised.

A Christmas Bed and Breakfast Holiday, “At Home”

December 10, 2023December 18, 2023 ~ Sam ~ 5 Comments

Trying to go away when health is complex can be incredibly stressful. A holiday at home could be the perfect solution.

It’s Chronically Close To Christmas!

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 ~ Sam ~ 2 Comments

Perhaps chronic illness is giving me a Christmas gift. The gift of time. Time to stop. Time to get out of the rat race of life. Time to reconnect with what really matters in life.