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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 11

Julie Parker — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:36:55 +0000

December 11th Lifeline Lessons from Lockdown Lifeline lessons from Lockdown: The image of a lifesaving ring floating on the flooded river Ouse today reminded me of my survival tactics from lockdown. Each day I would try and get out for a walk, and ideally with a friend, so that I could maintain some form of […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 10

Julie Parker — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 23:19:56 +0000

December 10th From Gloom to Glory! From Gloom to Glory! What it is about Sunday mornings? Maybe it’s my punishment for not going to church anymore, but my demons are always sitting on the end of my bed on a Sunday morning. The weather was fit for the launching of Noah’s Ark, which […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 9

Julie Parker — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 23:26:04 +0000

December 9th Thinking of Others Today I am late writing because I have been thinking of others. Tomorrow I am hosting an English advent day of making Christmas Wreaths and decorating the Christmas tree for some of my foreign alumni. So I have been scouring the shops for all I need. Certainly thinking of others […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 8

Julie Parker — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:03:52 +0000

December 8th The Difficult Art of Forgiveness The Difficult Art of Forgiveness.. I am a firm believer that Nelson Mandela would not have been able to lead the country without that 27 year stint in prison..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela So often great art, music and literature is born out of great pain. However, it would seem that […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 7

Julie Parker — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 19:57:05 +0000

December 7 Learning from ‘Failure’ Learning from failure – yesterday I fell down. I’m choosing not to call it failure. At some late stage of the evening, I realised I had not kept to my commitment to do a daily blog. You may imagine the ensuing internal dialogue. “Hmm, you can’t even manage 6 […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 4

Julie Parker — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:26:49 +0000

December 4th Difficult Days At this time of advent, both highs and lows can feel more intense. Some intelligent person (I can’t remember who), said that we should expect at least one or two difficult days each week. With the plethora of self help news and views of social media these days, it may […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 3

Julie Parker — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 22:23:25 +0000

December 3rd The Advent of the Festive Season is both a time for reflection, and often a time for old triggers to resurface, unwanted. Yesterday I reflected that making decisions required intention, will and commitment. In the past, my habitual response to difficult circumstances, was to either grit my teeth and power through with […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species 2

Julie Parker — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:38:48 +0000

December 2nd To many, the advent of the festive season is synonymous with Advent Calendars. I grew up in a country which had sanctions, so Advent Calendars were never ‘a thing’. I have been in this country long enough to know about their rise in popularity, and am old enough to have seen the […]

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Advent Reflections for Single Parents & Other Rare Species

Julie Parker — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:01:44 +0000

December 1st I have been a single mother for more years than I care to think about, so I am well accustomed to the feeling of dread which arises at the advent of the ‘festive’ season when people start asking me what I am doing for Christmas. Moreover, this year will be the first where […]

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2023

Julie Parker — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:04:52 +0000

I have spent International Women’s Day languishing at home with flu. I say languishing, but being a woman living alone, languishing has also included stripping the bed, washing and drying the sheets, remaking the bed (a bugger to make alone, let me tell you!), organising and making food, and clearing up the mess of the […]

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