Sheila Bridge Blog
I've been working on my breathing... You'd think that after a near half century of breathing, I'd have mastered it by now. Breathe in, breathe out. Inhale... exhale. The tricky bit is synchronising this action with the necessary front crawl actions of 'face in the water - exhale', then 'face out the water- inhale'. It's much... Continue Reading →
Before it's way too late to make a final comment on New Year: I just need to get this off my chest. I think New Year is a really odd thing to celebrate! I simply don't get it. Why do we stay up to midnight to celebrate one day turning into another, one year into... Continue Reading →
We stayed up to see the New Year in. My final thought before falling asleep was 'where is Baby Jesus? I haven't seen him since Christmas Day'. I was not having a profound religious musing in the early hours (although the clock was telling me it was 11 minutes past 1 on the 1/1/11 - so... Continue Reading →
Christmas Greetings to all my regular blog readers - thanks for dropping by. For your entertainment here is this year's Christmas newsletter. Warning: it does contain too many brackets and one moment of, hopefully forgivable, parental pride for eldest child. Apart from that, it should be safe to read but if you don’t like annual newsletters,... Continue Reading →
Anyone else struggling to get up in these dark mornings? I suffer from the 'day off' rule: when it's my (one) day off a week, I'm awake at 5 am, the rest of the time I can barely heave myself out of bed 10 minutes after the alarm has gone off. But this morning wasn't... Continue Reading →
There is a poignant scene near the beginning of the recent Harry Potter film. Having decided that her 'muggle' (non magical) parents are at risk from the forces of evil and that they would be safer without her in their life, Hermione casts a spell over them to erase from them all memory of her ever being their... Continue Reading →
The title above is the title of one of the most useful books on my bookshelf. I have given away about dozen copies of this book over the years. It is by Gerald O'Mahony, and although it is published under a series title called Exploring Prayer, it is actually about understanding your moods. It is... Continue Reading →
Last night I dreamt I was in prison again. No, this is not another confessional blog. I am not about to reveal a criminal past. I used to work in a prison as a prison chaplain and last night I was on D wing again. I heard the gates clanging, felt the weight of the... Continue Reading →
I'd like to make a confession. For the last month or so I've been meaning to blog about something new in my life but saying this thing out loud (even in blog) feels a bit like being in one of those meetings that begin: 'Hello. My name is Sheila and I am an...... But this... Continue Reading →
I have just watched an extraordinary film. Moving, beautiful and life-affirming; at one moment hilariously funny and at the next acutely uncomfortable: extraordinary is the only word that will cover it. Departures is a Japanese film directed by Yojiro Takhita, an Oscar bid in 2008. It tells the story of a young man who looses his job as an... Continue Reading →
