fairy tales

I was still hoping fairy tales were true. Not the ones I used to read to the children when they were small. Today's fairy tales bear no resemblance to the ones I used to tell, PC got in the way in recent years.
Anyway, parents like me used a lot of embellishment to tell a tale, anything to satisfy little ears before they finally nodded off and had to be carried up stairs to bed. Today's version of Goldilocks and the 3 bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Chicken Licken have all landed on the PC cutting room floor.
Last night I wanted a fairy tale and I wanted it to end like the ones I told the children, in favour of the good guys! But it wasn't to be Liverpool's football's night and I went off to bed sad!!
I have to disagree with the great football legend Bill Shankly who said that football is more important than life and death!!!

getting started

Melanie, our eldest daughter, inspired us to have a blog. Her daily blog lights up our day with the antics of her delightful family, look in and see!
Brenda and I are working for The Salvation Army at RAF Honington Suffolk.
3 years ago the RAF requested The Salvation Army come in and operate a coffee spot within the community centre which is accessible to civilians and RAF personnell.
Since then we have been able to access the station and meet the people who train for the theatre of war in Basra and Afganistan.
The people here have needs like anyone else, and beneath the stiff upper lip persona associated with the uniform we have uncovered people with anxieties about world conflicts, but feel they can't talk to anyone else in a blue uniform.
We will be ready to leave this place before our 5 year tenure is up and hopefully The Salvation Army will find us a place back in social services where we belong!