God makes beauty from ashes

I feel like that's what I'm doing lately - waiting. For what, I don't know. Something good, I hope. Well - God willing - THIS FRIDAY, Alun and I get the keys to our new home. This Friday - we'll be moving!!! God provided a new job for me only ONE DAY AFTER my old job ended. He is so good. Al and I went away to Phuket and God looked after us both the entire time. Al got gastro and I got some kind of chest flu (it is a bastard, let me tell you) on our last day of holidays - but generally, we were happy and whole and safe and I thank God for every moment. Even in the worst of the gastro, God provided a wonderful Doctor who came to our hotel room and administered medicine to Alun so that he didn't have to visit a hospital. Alun and I have both worked hard to pack up most of the house - there's only a little bit more to do so by Friday, we should hopefully be ready to go. Alun and Troy want to be the removalists on this one - they've both taken this ver...

I'm watching a great series on Netflix right now - called " 13 reasons why ". First I read the book and didn't hold high hopes for the series because I feel like once a book is on the screen - it loses so much of its purity and honesty. But this has exceeded expectation and I'm so blessed. I love it. I wanted to blog tonight though - because as I'm watching the series - I'm struck by the people in it - especially Hannah's parents - who just want to know why. When someone kills themselves and they don't leave a letter - the people who love them want to know why. As someone who's stood on that edge - I'm hoping to expose 'the other side' and help you to understand. Firstly - depression and suicide are different for everyone. There is no 'one size fits all' cure or solution to it - but there are definite similarities in the suffering of it - and this is something I can address because I know a lot about it. Now t...