…Where do you go when you’re blue?
Where do you go when you’re lonely,
I’ll follow you.”
Ryan Adams

Things have been a little difficult of late, for a number of reasons, and, this being a public place I won’t go into them. I was listening to this song yesterday walking to work, and suddenly it clicked. When things are crap I feel sometimes like I’m somewhere else, away from the real world. And I thought, this is the time (and indeed, has been) when close friends, and God himself, while not being able to take you out of it, share that with you, because they can’t not do. They come with you to the dark place where you find yourself, and even though that doesn’t change the fact you’re there, it at least means you have a hand to hold, and someone who’s going through all the crap too, just cos you are.

There are people who know what I’m talking about, and people who’ll probably not have a clue. I ask the latter in particular for your patience. I know it might seem like I’ve disappeared lately, but its for good reason, and on this you just have to trust me. I hope you can. If I’m not around here too much, don’t worry.

Not what I wanted to hear, and worse for having to wait for it.

Ah well, I’m trying (and doing better now) to believe that its for the best, and I *know* its not the end of the world, and other things will come along. It is, as someone helpfully put it, a fairly major dissapointment, but only a minor setback, and certainly isn’t going to put me off completely.

Apologies if it seems like I’ve been rather quiet about this, its just my way of dealing with it- I’ll talk about it if and when I need to, and meanwhile don’t worry!

On a cheerier note, I’m going to the wedding of a good friend from school/college tomorrow, which should be fun. Fingers crossed for the weather

I’ve been meaning to post a few things for a while, but things have been rather busy this last week. The irony of blogging is that when you have stuff to post about, you are also, inevitably, too busy to do so! Anyway..

Firstly, for those who know what my last post was about, I’ve still not heard anything. Isn’t waiting fun?!

Secondly, a while ago I posted about this song, which I’d heard at the Gower Folk Festival, and which has since been an amusing metaphor for various unwanted attentions. ‘Roses from the wrong man again?’ Anyway, I’m pleased to report that this is not always the case. Sometimes there are roses from the right man. A lovely man. And then you just grin lots,and feel very lucky, and grin some more :D:D Even if they don’t last forever

Lastly (for now), this week I’m starting the methodist church’s Worship Leader training course, which is a 7 session course, which does exactly what it says on the tin, so to speak. Leading worship, but not preaching. And apparently includes ideas, discussions and information sharing about this, what worship means, what it does and doesn’t include, how to go about planning/writing/leading it. The fact that I’m doing this is to some people not a surprise, and others are convinced this is the first step to something bigger. I’m not sure at the moment, and probably won’t be for a while. I’m just determined to enjoy the chance to spend some time doing something I enjoy lots