Back on the Blog
There is no big prompt for this post, just a vague inclination to capture some thoughts and feelings, and to externalise them on the page. September 2025 - life in Nottingham continues well having returned from Syria 14 months ago. The first months were spent at home, on holiday, seeing family and generally resettling. Steve started work back at Briggs after a few months, and I started at the British Red Cross a few weeks after him. It has taken time to reach a sense of contentedness, but I am grateful for the rhythm of life as it is. I am truly, deeply, profoundly blessed to live within my life. My past has a loving family, a good education, all the privilege of being middle-class, white British. The adventures of Florida, Nottingham (part 1), Essex, Uganda, Nottingham (part 2), South Sudan, Syria and Nottingham (part 3) have been extraordinary, incredibly special and enriching. And now Steve and I live in our nice house, with our lovely garden, in a good place, with cars t...