Freedom

As I have gone on my daily walk this week, my attention has been drawn to the bountiful field of daisies at our local park. I don’t think I have ever seen so many. Daisies always make me smile and my husband and I often refer to them as ‘friendlies’ […]

Fields of daisies

25th April 2020 in General tagged daisies / exercise / Freedom / parks by Heidi Singleton (updated 1672 days ago)

One of our children had a bad experience this week – another child at school had been very unkind to them. The teacher dealing with it mentioned to our child that the person who had upset them was going through a difficult time at the moment. The teacher wasn’t excusing […]

#thoughtfulthursday 28: Give people the benefit of the doubt

12th July 2018 in Hope / kindness tagged care / Choice / connection / Courage / Forgiveness / Freedom / Kindness / relationship / Restoration / Sharing / Transformation by Heidi Singleton (updated 2326 days ago)

We asked Dagenham trainer Ginny why the forms we get people to fill in at the beginning and end of each course are so important – and compelling. Ginny, you have spent a long time looking at your computer screen recently – can you tell us why? Heidi asked me […]

Measuring Impact – more than just paperwork

5th December 2017 in General tagged Data / evidence / Freedom / Journey / Measuring impact by admin (updated 2544 days ago)

There was once a little girl who loved to visit her Granny’s house. Maybe it was the familiarity of a place that was safe and where she was loved, maybe it was her Grandpa’s strawberries growing in the garden or the tree house where she and her brother liked to […]

Lessons from a shattered dream

18th May 2016 in Hope tagged Beauty / Brokenness / Courage / Dreams / Freedom / Hope / Peace / Restoration / Strength / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton (updated 3068 days ago)

Everywhere I look I see such brokenness! Broken relationships, broken people! Pain and despair! It can be overwhelming, when was the last time you heard an encouraging, uplifting story being reported on the news? We are surrounded by images of a broken, hurting world. So often we try to drown […]

My personal manifesto (a work in progress)

4th May 2016 in Hope tagged Beauty / Brokenness / Courage / Despair / Freedom / Hope / Peace / Strength / Suffering / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton (updated 3068 days ago)

Finding hope, peace and purpose in every broken thing