If I were asked for a list of my key strengths, at no point ever, would the words “good with children” appear.
Interacting with adults, no problem, in fact the more dysfunctional the better. After a career spent in health and social care covering addictions and mental health, people in crises do not phase me whatsoever. Give me an adult in drug withdrawal or psychosis I can cope, hand me a small child to look after however and I literally go to pieces. Continue reading
I often wonder if we every truly appreciate the impact that our smallest gestures can have, touching people’s lives in ways we can never imagine.
It can be so easy to underestimate the power of small things, holding open a door for example, waving someone into the queue ahead of you, even a smile from a stranger on a bad day, all of these can lift my mood like the sun emerging from behind clouds.
However, there’s one stranger I met in Canada, fleetingly, over a decade ago, who has had a significant impact now on the lives of 4 people (and counting).
Cycling in a skirt 