On Saturday my family and I spoke via Skype video to our dear friends in the UK. They’re visiting next month and we thought it would be good for the children to all speak and see each other first as they have never met. I was shepherding the conversation with phrases such as, “Ask about X”, [...]
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On Monday night my wife and I were attending parent-teacher interviews. We had two appointments booked and we were both on time for the 5.00 pm appointment which left us plenty of time for the second at 5.20 pm. It transpired that we missed the 5.20 pm appointment. Who was to blame? Was it the [...]
In July 2008 I began the daily habit of selecting something I was grateful for and noting it in my diary. Gratefulness is one of the most powerful emotions we can have and for me the daily habit of reflecting was a moment of quiet and stillness as the world rushed around me. My experience of being [...]
We have to hear the minute detail about people’s lives in order to build the social trust to hear the bigger things. Twitter and other social media bridge this gap with the people you don’t know so well.
One of the ways to make all your days fantastic is to do all you can to savour and remember the day. My family are very important to me and I can sometimes be found lamenting the moments that have been lost, especially those of my girls. The moments they say something bizarre or do [...]
