A Disorderly Retirement
I’ve just come back from Africa and I’m thinking about mountain gorillas. Still. I did a quick search through my blogs and found that, since 2020, five of them have mentioned gorillas. It’s definitely been a recurring theme. I started out thinking how wonderful it would be to see them in the wild and then…
Yesterday I learned that ‘No’ is a complete sentence. Who knew? I think it’s one of those personal growth lesson thingies, the type you’re supposed to write on post-it notes and stick on walls around your house. Those life-affirming mantras like “I am worthy and loved”, “My boundaries matter”, “My children don’t hate me”, “Just…