Last week Sean fell, drunk, from the 10th floor of a block of flats. Before being excluded from school he was in Bryony's form. He was 15, in care, and tagged. The local 'High Town Crew' as the bunch of hoodies he was a part of, have been out in force this week. Not, like they usually do, spaying their tag on any available wall for the council to remove later, but on the fence in the park. They have covered it with their own messages to Sean, pinned pictures and writing to it, laid flowers at the foot of the fence where they used to sit getting drunk / stoned most evenings.
Last week at Spring Harvest, the girls from our church, all 15, met boys - as they do at that age! Bryony got friendly with Dan, and his mate who wasn't a christian. The boy got very drunk one night, so Bry took him outside and walked him round and round the chalets helping him to sober up and telling him Jesus loves him.
I wonder if Sean ever heard that, and if he remembered it before he fell. I hope so.
Saturday, 21 April 2007
Thursday, 19 April 2007
I'm back!!
Well, it's been a long time - over a month in fact, since I last posted anything on my blog. I just kept finding other things to do and running out of time. Been working, got my penultimate block of assignments in on time for my Methodist studies, been to Spring Harvest, Zoe's passed her driving test and got a car of her own, so now I don't have to drive her around, just move her car off the drive every morning so I can go to work.
Sue's been off work all week with a trapped nerve in her neck - a combination of cutting trees in our garden, being jumped on by my godsons (4 year old twins) and uncomfortable Butlin's beds. But she's looking better now so should be back to work next week.
It's great to be out in the garden now the weather has improved, lying on the grass watching the squirrels, birds, butterflies, cats all enjoying the sunshine. Now we've pruned so many of the trees there's loads more sun getting into the garden and the blossom is coming out on the fruit trees. I'm so glad we moved, despite the stress it caused last summer. Still, I should be more chilled at Summer school this year!
Anyway, I've got a bottle of chilled organic cider waiting for me, so I'd best go drink it before it gets warm.
Sue's been off work all week with a trapped nerve in her neck - a combination of cutting trees in our garden, being jumped on by my godsons (4 year old twins) and uncomfortable Butlin's beds. But she's looking better now so should be back to work next week.
It's great to be out in the garden now the weather has improved, lying on the grass watching the squirrels, birds, butterflies, cats all enjoying the sunshine. Now we've pruned so many of the trees there's loads more sun getting into the garden and the blossom is coming out on the fruit trees. I'm so glad we moved, despite the stress it caused last summer. Still, I should be more chilled at Summer school this year!
Anyway, I've got a bottle of chilled organic cider waiting for me, so I'd best go drink it before it gets warm.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
