Toggie Tales

Prayer Spaces in Schools @ Frances Bardsley School for Girls, 9th-13th May

This was the fourth Prayer Space week that we've hosted in Frances Bardsley School for Girls... and about the twelfth we've hosted so far in Havering schools. And I'm amazed at the stories that have come out from every single one.

Hospitality in Stanford-le-Hope

We love the Stanford-le-Hope Boiler Room community. They 'get' family. They live family. Stay just one night and you'll find yourself adopted into their family, their affection, their hearts... never to escape, in spite of the miles you may travel. Not that you'd want to escape, of course.

Back to School...

 

"I would inform you that, following careful consideration of your case, the Panel decided to allow your appeal. This means that Megan is to attend the school. The Appeal Panel considered that your case was sufficiently compelling to outweigh that submitted against admission.

Megan Hope is expected to start at Redden Court School on Monday 16th May 2011... blah blah blah."

Making Room... First Guests

Emma's parents - Brenda and Tim - and her brother-Aaron, are our first guests since Helen and Ian left for Spain. Oh, and Gracie the dog. Predictably, Poppy and Angel were waaaaaay more excited about Gracie's arrival than any of their relatives.

The Big Send-Off

A couple of weeks ago, we packed more than 40 boxes of the Newman's stuff onto a lorry and waved it goodbye as it began it's long road-journey to the South of Spain. You'd have thought that this taxi would be *more* than enough to carry Helen, Ian, their children, and their last few bags to the airport... wouldn't you?

Sending Friends

In less than 24 hours, our good friends, Helen and Ian, Esme, Lewis and Charlie Newman, will be boarding a plane for Spain, the beginning of a new year-long adventure.

It'll be new for Emma and I and our girls who are staying on in the house, but we'll talk more about that later...

"This community must must be restarted before updating can continue. Would you like to restart now?"

The observant among you may have noticed that I'm changing some things about this blog. The *really* observant will have noticed that I haven't finished yet. :)

The next few weeks will mark the start of a new season for Emma and I and our girls, for lots of reasons. The end of three-and-a-half years of community living with Helen and Ian, Esme, Lewis and Charlie is a big part of that transition, but there are other things too.

Give me a few days, and I hope to describe where we feel we're going/growing a little more fully.

With love, dear friends... the Toggies. x