Sheddie Grandee: SHOULD WE HUG OR NOT?

WHAT A START FOR 2015?

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The dreadful news of the shootings in Paris and the murders on our streets of innocent people just going about their lives, makes me sick in my stomach. What a strange world we live in when people want to kill each other for no reason - and don’t care if they die themselves!

Let’s turn to something that warms the heart!

THE HEALING POWER OF TOUCH!

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Do you remember in 1995 these tiny twins made the headlines? Born at 12 weeks, only weighing 2 lbs. One deteriorated and had breathing difficulties so the nurse put them in together and the healthy twin put her arm around her sick sister and immediately her breathing stabilised. (See them now at 17 years old on the link below.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YwT_Gx49os

AS I SIT IN COSTA'S, ALIVE, SPOILT.......!

I'M AWARE how privileged I am! I have sufficient funds for a few coffees each week, I’m not struggling to provide food for the family or pay the rent – I can sit here and write, hoping, in fact, believing, that I can touch the hearts of some people and make a difference - I am indeed blessed!

SCARY THINGS IN THE DARK!

Cartoon Man /coughing /vector by ronleeishman (Depositphotos)

The other night I didn’t sleep well and gave up trying at 4.30 am. With my coffee and hot water bottle I was about to go to the shed when, in the garden right near me someone coughed! Quite a bad cough and I was spooked and wanted to run back indoors. Why are things so scary in the dark? Probably ‘cos it was winter, very dark and unwanted memories surprised me. I was once attacked in a charity shop where I worked by a man with a horrendous cough. When the police caught him I recognised him by the cough.

Though, right now, I didn’t need this memory and the unexpected fear it produced in me.

A Bible message sprang to mind reminding me that God’s love drives out all fear - if I let it! And I have a choice – fear or faith! I hear ‘the cough’ regularly now and feel sorry for whoever it is! (1John 4v18)

A good re-read would be Susan Jeffers book “Feel the fear and do it anyway”!

Have you been watching the BBC2 programme ‘What’s the Right Diet for You? Last Monday 12th January and Tuesday and Wednesday a Horizon Special was studying how to help overweight people discover why they were eating too much. I’ve lost the weight I want to lose but I am still fascinated by food and know I could easily put it on again! If any of these three diets help you, please let me know.

My New Year challenge is still to get qualified to run these Cook n’Eat courses, working with Food Banks to create cheap and healthy meals. One of the people who has inspired me is Jack Monroe and her story about going hungry and trying to feed her little boy on £10 a week. Her first cookery book A Girl Called Jack we could use as a guideline for our cookery courses. The recipes are cheap and healthy!

She’s quite an inspiration!
http://www.theguardian.com/business/video/2013/aug/12/jack-monroe-cooking-breadline-video

So there's a big journey ahead of us! Apart from the training, we'll need to set up a Social Enterprise and get some funding. Any suggestions - can you suggest the route we should take?

In the meantime let's 'chill' out like him!