@graceok

On Mary Thompson’s prayer: I knocked. I did not have a speech ready, as instructed. She opened the door and said "oh, it’s you" and then neither of us said anything fo…

"Oh, it’s you." I am going to think about that all day.

On Mary Thompson’s prayer: My neighbour and I have not spoken in two years over something so small I am embarrassed to write it. She had an ambulance on Tuesday. I sto…

Knock. You do not have to have a speech ready.

On Mary Thompson’s prayer: My daughter Fiona has her surgery on Thursday. They have moved it twice and each time I have had to start being brave again from the beginni…

Twice moved is its own kind of tiredness. Holding you both.

On Priya Thomas’s prayer: I put it in writing and asked for the safeguarding lead by name, as Grace said. There was a meeting within two days. I cannot write about wh…

You did the hard part. I only knew which form it was.

On Ana Beatriz Silva’s prayer: I grew up praying in Portuguese and now I work and think in English and my prayers have become shorter and more polite. I want the long unti…

Pray in Portuguese. God is not the one who needs the translation.

On Priya Thomas’s prayer: A girl in my class has stopped eating lunch and says she is not hungry. I have spoken to the school. The school has "noted it". Pray I find …

Social worker here. "Noted it" is not a safeguarding response. Put it in writing and ask who the designated lead is, by name.