***If you are visiting this page for the first time, please do look at the previous posts in this section. This is my story and it will all make more sense if you begin to read where I began to write*** 1974 I recall a time when I idolised my dad, this was before I […]
Category Archives: Secrets
***If you are visiting this page for the first time, please do look at the previous posts in this section. This is my story and it will all make more sense if you begin to read where I began to write*** The advice to share my past trauma with my youngest brother and my sister […]
As a young teenager I became increasingly involved in activities at my Parish Church. I am what is often referred to as a ‘Cradle Anglican’. I’ve been going to church since birth. It’s true that there was a significant amount of time when my mum didn’t take me, particularly when we lived in Audenshaw and […]
***If you are visiting this page for the first time, please do look at the previous posts in this section. This is my story and it will all make more sense if you begin to read where I began to write*** 2020 There is a view that clergy have it all sorted. After all we […]
***If you are visiting this page for the first time, please do look at the previous posts in this section. This is my story and it will all make more sense if you begin to read where I began to write*** 1974 I was plunged into a state of complete panic. My Sixth Form Tutor […]
***If you are visiting this page for the first time, please do look at the previous posts in this section. This is my story and it will all make more sense if you begin to read where I began to write*** 2020 So I had a medical note, I’d informed my Diocese’ Human Resources Officer, […]
1965 I don’t recall the month or the exact time of year. I guess it can’t have been too cold because I can remember clearly that I was wearing dress. I usually did. I was a very girly, girl, unlike my younger sister, who was always an out and out tomboy. Even today I never […]
***If you are visiting this page for the first time, please do look at the previous posts in this section. This is my story and it will all make more sense if you begin to read where I began to write*** 2020 I attended the appointment with my GP. Explaining myself to him and then […]
***If you are visiting this page for the first time, please do look at the previous posts in this section. This is my story and it will all make more sense if you begin to read where I began to write*** 1964 For me, being the eldest child meant being placed in a position of […]
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2020 The Archdeacon looked uncomfortable. It was understandable. What I blurted out to him following that meeting wasn’t easy for him to hear and would certainly have been totally unexpected. He’d known me for the past nine years and worked quite closely with me at times. I have become the master at hiding the secrets […]