Leg is not happy…there is an intermittent ‘pulling’ pain to the heel…and right hip not happy either…. so I decided to see if a soak in the bath would appease them. Especially as a November frostiness has finally arrived. I very rarely have a bath… but when I do, it’s always the same…I get a warm, comforting feeling as soon as I step in; and when I kneel in the water and I swish it around with my hands, I always immediately remember doing the same thing during warm, comforting childhood baths…probably the only place I really felt warm in the winter…aside from when we all gathered in front of the paraffin heater. There was no central heating in our house in the mid-60s and Mom used to trudge for a mile or so with an empty gallon can to Kingland Road in Hackney to get it filled…things have changed massively for the better – and I now have a lovely warm house and am warm whenever I want to be….and it’s not just me…here’s the proof that things are getting better for everyone…Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four
This is going to be a very busy period work-wise…which has coincided with my involvement in the Charlton Deanery Churches’ Christmas play – a promenade play for local schools (see pic of soon-to-be transformed props). Just over 6 months ago my leg’s life was altered forever while I was stage-managing a performance of their Easter play – and I tripped up on a step, rupturing my tendon… let’s hope I just theatrically ‘break a leg’ this time. When I do Sunday Schools or performances like this, I find that children ask great questions – ones that grown-ups are afraid to ask but also want to know the answer to (and sometimes there is no answer). I think the best one I had was while helping a teacher with Yr 1s (5-6 yr olds) at St. W’s primary school … why does Jesus/God love bad people?….The teacher and I exchanged ‘how do we answer that one?’ glances and fumbled around a bit…well… Jesus just loves everyone, no matter who they are, or what they’ve done said the teacher…and we both knew we’d heard this before and it just didn’t quite add up… then it came to me… he loves bad people because he knows they are hurting inside…no idea whether the Church agrees with that, but the children seemed satisfied…
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