My Year Blessed

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/share-your-world-29th-december/ 1.  Do you stay up to toast in the New Year? I stay up until midnight, and like to see in the new year with my grown up children, and grandchildren. We normally play a board game, and have a laugh to see in the new year. We watch all the fireworks,Continue reading “My Year Blessed”

Strong Roots

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Legs crossed, I lean into a breathtaking scene as a crescent moon shifts in her own lingering look to another night of protecting its family below. My heart slows down a beat as I admire its smile across the miles To God I pray to keep them wrapped in his strong rootsContinue reading “Strong Roots”

Last Time

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Reading the receipt, Clara hoped there was a returns policy. Her husband was sweet, trying to buy her the dress she was admiring in the window, but he chose the wrong size and colour. She never looked good in pink, and the last time she was a size ten, she was eighteen.Continue reading “Last Time”

A Reason to Smile

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Christmas Cheer Happy family feasts In celebration of Jesus birth Sharing chocolates and laughter Trusting the turkey is cooked in time Many glasses clink to the chef with a mission As we pull crackers with gifts, with no reason we wish our loved ones the best of the season.

Masie Moppett

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ A simple lamb, placed in the same spot every year, hung on the Christmas tree before any other glass ornament. Made of delicate cardboard and cotton wadding puffs, Sarah gently took it out of its box. The childhood memory of sitting with her dad to create her first bauble never left her.Continue reading “Masie Moppett”

Reading Rules

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/share-your-world-15th-december/ 1.  Did anyone read you a bedtime story when you were a child? I can’t remember being read to, or being taught to read. Although, I would imagine it were my dad, sister, or brother. Mum was dyslexic. Her shopping lists ”shugar, sauges, potoes”, proved that. I could read hardback books likeContinue reading “Reading Rules”

Culinary Artist . . .

Written for https://christinebialczak.com/2025/12/16/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-12-16-2025/ I have never been much of a culinary artist! Most of my sauces were from jars and meals premade. From Slimming World to working alongside students learning to cook food, my confidence in the kitchen increased. When I first made spaghetti bolognaise from scratch, I thought it wouldn’t succeed. A tin ofContinue reading “Culinary Artist . . .”