Did you, like me, grow up reading the story of Robert the Bruce and The Spider? Try, try again was the moral we were told. Despite, this early learning, I confess that persistence is not one of my virtues. I know that about myself. There are plenty of drafts, ideas,…

I was reading an interesting article in The Guardian about three little girls born into three different families but sharing a sperm donor. The article spoke about how these families have tried to let these ‘sisters’ meet often. But something that struck me (and them) is that the noses of…

I looked up the word to use it correctly. The Cambrige Dictionary gives the meaning peacable as : to liking or involving fighting or argument. Am I peacable? I don’t really like to fight or argue. I get upset when I hear someone shouting at another person. Conflict and I were never friends. I got…