BEGINNING UNLIMITED

Happy memories from 11 years ago! I thought you would enjoy a photo to bring this book  excerpt to life! Saturday 21st July 2007 I have moved from a community where I smiled at the hairdresser – had to start dashing past her shop when we changed our allegiances – knew the greengrocer and the newsagent, where the coffee shop knew my husband’s order before he spoke it. And yet all these people didn’t really know us. They knew our faces. We were part of their fabric. Occasionally in crisis they contacted us, but in the main we were all anonymous to one another. We could dip in and out of society as we chose. We could pretend to ourselves that we were there for everyone, but in reality had only space for so many friends. We were friendly with everyone but not everyone was our friend. It is not the same in the village. We are not anonymous. Everything we do has an effect. So today I find myself covered in green face-paint, wearing a green ball gown and a long red wig. I don’t do fa

It is good to reflect. To remember and rejoice. To release any pain. Four years ago today it seemed like our hopes was dashed as funding for Pete, as a trainee youth outreach worker, fell through. Now we look forward to employing him as a fully fledged youth worker having completed his degree and training.  A s I reflect on how we got to the joyful moment I know that his journey to this point has not been simple. He and his wife have needed immense faith and courage at points. None more so than 10th July 2014 when everything seemed to have fallen apart. These excerpts from ‘Beginning Unlimited’ tell just a small part of this story. Wednesday 15th January 2014 It feels right that now is the time to think about expanding our staff team. With just James, myself, an intern and a handful of volunteers, we all feel stretched too thinly. We were amazed when out of the blue Pete approached us to ask if we would consider him being our youth worker while he studies for a degre