You will be found

I really enjoy musical theatre, so last night’s Musicals: The Greatest Show on BBC1 was a real treat. One song stood out for me, a song I hadn’t heard before called ‘You Will Be Found’, from the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen.  It’s a song about loneliness, and the...

What have you lost?

It’s a scene that was played out so many times during my marriage. I would be scratching around trying to find something, and Evelyn would ask in her gentle, Scottish accent, ‘What have you lost?’ The answer would usually be something like my pen / car keys / glasses....

Being Brave?

Some time ago I was helping my grandson George into his car seat in the back of my car, when I accidentally banged his head. He started to cry. ‘Come on, George, be brave,’ I said. ‘But I don’t want to be brave,’ he replied. I guess we all know that feeling. Sometimes...

Love and loss during lockdown

During 2020 the experience of lockdown has impacted all we do, and in particular caring for loved ones who are terminally ill, and grieving those who have passed away. My wife Evelyn had been struggling with a recurrence of breast cancer for over four years when she...

Welcome 2020

So the new decade is here. I cannot think about the year 2020 without thinking of Malaysia, a country I came to love deeply during the time we lived there (1975-83), a beautiful country with beautiful people. The reason it comes to mind is because in 1991 the then...