Today I am going to stay at home all day! I am stopping - maybe a duvet day - maybe a nothing day. I am exhausted glad for a day to catch my breath and breathe. I am so grateful for my home and my family.

I had a lovely time at dialysis with Joy and Matt yesterday. It was lovely to catch up and watch rugby at the same time!

I have been challenged by the book I am reading ''One thousand gifts - a dare to live fully right where you are'. I am reading it with an online book club and the author discuses each chapter as you go along. This week the chapter talks about grace- thanksgiving - joy. Grace - the gifts that God sends to us (sometimes seen by us as good and bad things but they are always sent for our good). Thanksgiving - we should then be thankful knowing that it is God's grace that allowed this to happen and that this will then lead to joy. That joy is us living life to the full as God intended. This is hard to do especially when what is happening is not what we would choose but what a difference it makes. Joy - in the depths of our sadness- amazing.