Random Acts Of Kindness Ft. Thorntons Continental

Yesterday afternoon I received the loveliest surprise. You may have already guessed exactly what from the picture above and yes you'd be right.

On returning from lunch my colleague Diane informed me that a patient had popped in with a card and some chocolates for me. It caught me completely off guard.

It's fair to say that as a practice we have the most generous and loveliest of patients, and yet they never cease to surprise and amaze me.

I certainly don't do my job to get thanks, nor do I go out of my way to be nice to people just to get things in return. And yet in all my years of working there, I have found that my kindness has unintentionally reaped so many rewards.

I now count the majority of the patients there as friends. It's hard not to after fifteen years. They've witnessed me grow up from being a painfully shy teenager to the - not quite as young as I'd like to be - woman I am today.

I guess it's true what they say. Being nice to others has a domino effect.

In a world now filled with so much evil, I take comfort in these small random acts of kindness. It restores my faith in humanity, if even only for a short while.

I'm off to enjoy these scrummy looking chocolates with my mum.

Wishing you all the loveliest of weekends. Until next time...

Lots of love Justine xxx

Thorntons Continental 'The Taste Journey' features an assortment of milk, dark and white chocolates. Includes Thorntons Signature, Espresso, Salted Caramel Praline, Sicilian Lemon, Chocolate Milano, Hazelnut Slice, Alpini Praline, Seville Caramel, Vanille Truffle, & Viennese Truffle.

Event Review : Rise - Women's Ministry Tea Party

I have a confession. Until Saturday, I had never been to a tea party before. So when my friend Abi suggested I come along to this one, in all honesty I didn't quite know what to expect other than the obvious... Cakes and tea.

Held in the local Fulwood Free Methodist Church, I was surprised to find there wasn't a pew in sight. In their place were beautifully decorated tables, each featuring pretty bone china tea sets. A live band was tucked away in the corner providing us with the perfect atmospheric background. And someone had even taken the trouble to hand write Psalms on all our November 'save the dates!' So far I was very impressed.

With a constant supply of tea, sandwiches and cake, I was in my element. It was hard not to overindulge surrounded by such goodies!

Sarah Parker was the guest speaker, newly wed, minister AND tiler! She gave a motivating and inspirational speech based around her favourite Psalm. For those of you who don't know, Psalm 23 begins with 'The Lord is my shepherd...' Ironically Sarah grew up on a farm in Lancaster. Get it? Sheep/Shepherd?! I'll shut up now... ;)

In the latter half of the afternoon our 'waiters' - several lovely male volunteers, paraded the church wearing what I like to call mish-mash masks. Basically three female celebrity faces all rolled into one. The aim of the game was to correctly name all of them and yes there was a prize for the winning table. I have a lovely candle and some Thorntons chocolates sat next to me as proof! :)

Probably the stand out point of the whole afternoon, was just how lovely everybody was. Even though I went along only knowing Abi, I left feeling like I had made several new friends. Needless to say, if you ever get the chance to go along to one of these events then definitely do!


You can find out more about Rise - Women's Ministry by visiting their Facebook/Twitter page (both links below) or by emailing rise@fulwoodfmc.net


Hope you've all had a pleasant start to the week. Until next time...

Justine xxx


https://www.facebook.com/fulwoodrise/

https://twitter.com/RiseLadies?lang=en-gb

*All images my own except for header photo which was taken from the Rise-Women's Ministry Facebook page. Sorry for the blurry ones. Seriously need to remember to take my camera next time. These were taken on my phone.

Meet My July Advertisers

Hello all! Hope life is treating you kindly. I cannot believe that we're into July. Secretly I'm getting rather excited as it means Christmas is drawing ever nearer. Those that follow me already may remember that it's my favourite time of year. Yes I can hear your groans lol! 

With it being a brand new month I'm also featuring new advertisers in my sidebar. I'd like to introduce you all to Katie, Rebecca Jane, Aimee and Andrew. Please do show them your support as you have done me over the last twelve months. Go check out their websites and give them a follow if you fancy! Happy weekend, happy reading... Justine xxx

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This year I've been helping fellow authors with advice and editing, and attempting to sound like I know what I'm talking about.

I love football and most sports, reading, travelling, cats, photography and I have an irregular blog that covers most of these. I'm currently undertaking my biggest challenge - father of a toddler. A PhD in tantrums awaits...

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