CB: Hustling on my Own
I went four weeks without a counselling session…. I bet you’re wondering how I survived right? Me too to be perfectly frank. But I’m still here 🥲 So I spent a month away from York, mostly in Birmingham and some time spent in London. This meant that I was…
A Letter to my Mother
Dear Mother, We have been through a lot, things I’ve healed from and things I’ll probably always battle with. I mourn for what could’ve been. I miss the good memories where you hugged me and told me you loved me. I sometimes indulge in those memories of…
My 3 Favourite Bible Verses
… And Why 😌 • Isaiah 40:31 “But those who trust in the LORD for help will find their strength renewed. They will rise on wings like eagles; they will run and not get weary; they will walk and not grow weak.” – this is my all-time favourite.…
Singleness in Church
Anyone else feel like being single in church is an almost-sin? I swear it’s treated like a disease we need to be cured from or something. Now I know a lot of Christians aspire to marriage, but let’s not make marriage a goal, rather a preferred part of…
To Be Loved
What a funny notion it is, to be loved What an interesting notion it is, to be loved What a fanatical notion it is, to be loved What is love? Is it the oh so common “I love you’s” we hear? Or the nestling of an overpriced ring on a finger? It is it the…
How You Make Me Feel
My favourite thing about you is definitely your smile and second is your laugh – what a blesséd sound To be able to look at you and see the authenticity of your heart – what a loving spirit you hold Being a part of your life, I know I’m…
Scent
Your Scent Lingers on my pillow Takes me back To a sacred place Your Scent My body, it hungers for Leaning over once more I now become undone
CB: Familiarity in Relationships
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am an advocate of counselling and currently having sessions now (which I am absolutely loving btw!!). I thought I’d do regular posts about what I am learning on my journey of self-love and care. Maybe this will…
He Gave Me Life
Sorrow, misery, hurt and despair Is this all that life has to offer? Dead ends, rejection and doors slammed in my face Again and again, never-ending. Feeling lost and alone in this dark, dark world No one to turn to, just me, myself and I. My only…
Less of Me
Why today is so hard I don’t know Feeling this way is not a preference nor is it intentional Showing on my face, so evident to everyone on the outside looking in The smile painted upon my face Goes to such heights, but to my eyes it…