family – Michelle Scott

Dad’s trees

Dad’s Trees Trees everywhere,Gold, red, pink, yellow, brown, greenLeaves, leaves and more leaves.We talked about trees every day.On every journey.In the house.His trees,The two outside his window,McKees trees in the distance.The day they came to trim his trees. He loves trees, (I have always loved trees)I never knew he did too, until this year.Trees, it’sContinue reading “Dad’s trees”

Winter

In the hollow of this year, there are treasures to be seen, touched and tasted. Slowing down does not equal dumbing or numbing.

5 things we wish we’d known 22yrs ago

Love is a verb – in fairness to Jason he did try to tell me when we were dating that love was a choice more than a feeling. I was horrified and told him it was the most unromantic thing I’d ever heard. I set myself a challenge to prove him wrong. He did fallContinue reading “5 things we wish we’d known 22yrs ago”

STRONGER parenting

This is a transcript of my talk from church yesterday at Vineyard Church Dungannon. Not my usual blog style, written to be spoken rather than read. STRONGER Parenting Sunday 1 October 2017 This morning I want to talk about parenting, now for those of you who have children who are growing up and are nowContinue reading “STRONGER parenting”

I love how our lives and loves are intertwined

“I love how our lives and loves are intertwined”. I wrote those words in a text to a close friend a couple of weeks ago. They’ve stuck with me. They describe February. In February I have watched and observed how the people that I’m joined to have cared and loved each other and extended that toContinue reading “I love how our lives and loves are intertwined”