A post from our Community Correspondent Laura McGlinn I remember the moment I got the news. I was standing photographing black and white images at Rannoch Moor, thinking of my longest and dearest friend of 40 years, far away in New Zealand. It was New Years Day and I just couldn’t stop thinking about her. […]
There’s a certain social pressure that demands that we are presentable to our guests; that we tidy up and put some clothes on. In fact, half the time, even after frantically tidying, we apologise to our guests for the mess when they arrive. How many time have you visited someone and they’ve commented on […]
At Mind Waves, we support each other. We tell stories, we listen, we share ideas. Officially, it’s called peer support. We just call it being pals. We’ve spoken a lot about how much we appreciate our friends and what they mean to us. But we also talk about how important it is to be […]
One of our Community Correspondents summed up friendship as this: “A good friend feels with you: hugs you when you’re sad, laughs when you’re happy and catches you when you fall.” The beauty is that it’s not about doing anything. Often, when a friend is struggling, we want to rush in and fix things. It’s hard […]
A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes When my second daughter was four months old, I was at breaking point. I’d breastfed her every two or three hours for four months; that’s over 1000 feeds without a break. I’d had enough. I didn’t want to stop, I just wanted her to have an occasional feed […]
A post from Lee Dennis A dear friend of mine was killed in a cycling accident a few weeks ago. Since then, I’ve noticed that an interesting thing has happened. My entire life, I have struggled with an overwhelming dread of death. This dread suffused my waking moments, worming its way into perfectly pleasant scenarios […]
The Olympics is full of inspirational stories. Every medal ceremony is a triumph. There’s the marriage proposals, the rugby player who survived breaking her neck and cancer to get to the Olympics. Then there’s Yusra Mardini , the Syrian swimmer who almost died pushing a loaded boat of refugees in the Mediterranean. But there’s something about this […]
A post from Daryl Gove, whose father Stephen died recently To all my beautiful friends that have been so so lovely to me over the last few weeks. Thank you for all your love. Thank you for those who came to the funeral, and those who helped us all in so many ways. And […]
