LIFE CHEZ DEE

... writing my thoughts on life and all it throws at me

Life Chez Dee Episode #115: Patron of our Nation

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Life Chez Dee Episode #114: Happy Birthday Ma'am

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Life Chez Dee Episode #113: #15forEdward

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Life Chez Dee Episode #112: Bread and Wine

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Life Chez Dee Episode #111: Some notable happenings of late

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Life Chez Dee Episode #110: Fellowshipping

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Life Chez Dee Episode #109: More Exploration of Prayer

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Life Chez Dee Episode #108: This Mum's Day

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Life Chez Dee Episode #107: Exploring Prayer

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Life Chez Dee Episode #106: Be inspired; be inspiring

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Life Chez Dee Episode #105: Exploring Scripture

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Life Chez Dee Episode #104: What not to say

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Life Chez Dee Episode #103: Exploring Fasting

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Life Chez Dee Episode #102: Hunger and Thirst for God

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Life Chez Dee Episode #101: All you need is love

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Life Chez Dee Episode #100: My dental chronicles

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Life Chez Dee Episode #99: Social Media friend or foe?

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Life Chez Dee Episode #98: Lent and Me

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Life Chez Dee Episode #97: My grief

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Life Chez Dee Episode #96: Childloss and Grief

Life Chez Dee Episode #95: Edward's Place

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Life Chez Dee Episode #94: Love yourself

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Life Chez Dee Episode #93: How are you?

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Life Chez Dee Episode #92: #thinkSepsis

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Life Chez Dee Episode #78: A mindful Christmas

elizabethdee001

Dec 18, 2020
5 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #78: A mindful Christmas

Oh what a year it has been. Some people have found it annoying, disappointing, disturbing, others have found positivity in the slow of pace, and the time and space they have. For some though, 2020 has seen them in desperate times. Loneliness, hunger, money troubles, redundancies, business closures, lack of education, lack of access to NHS services and treatment, feeling distant from friends and family, fear, anxiety, depression, grief are what many have experienced. These are

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Life Chez Dee Episode #77: Ways and means through advent

elizabethdee001

Dec 15, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #77: Ways and means through advent

And so tonight was the fifth and final session in the advent series of discussions I’ve been a part of, with tonight’s topic being on “Ways and Means”. Tonight we thought about the innkeeper, who offers hospitality to Mary and Joseph, and we think about how much we ourselves want to offer hospitality and have purpose. We think about then, how the innkeeper must have felt about having no rooms available to offer, but wanting to help and offering what he could; and today how we

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Life Chez Dee Episode #74: Travelling Light

elizabethdee001

Dec 1, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #74: Travelling Light

This week was the third one in the advent course I was attending. This week’s focus was on the theme “Travelling Light”, looking at the journey of the wise men, and again looking at the nativity story and how we can relate to this today. I had an hour or so before the zoom call started and so managed to squeeze in a walk, albeit only a brief 3 miles, with Justin. We walk, pretty much every day together, for exercise, fresh air, headspace and for time alone together. I thought

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Life Chez Dee Episode #73: Unsung Heroes

elizabethdee001

Nov 24, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #73: Unsung Heroes

Last night I zoomed in remotely again for the second part of the advent course I’d signed up to. The title for this week was “Unsung Heroes”. On the screen, familiar faces appeared before me, and more new faces too , so even more people to connect with and get to know. Getting our additional materials ready this week saw me thinking outside the box again. Those who read my last piece will be more than aware of the obstacles I’ve faced in providing nativity characters with man

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Life Chez Dee Episode #71: Solace in Silence

elizabethdee001

Oct 16, 2020
5 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #71: Solace in Silence

I’ve been a little quiet publicly lately, for a variety of reasons, and it’s been a while since I sat to write a blog. I have of course still been writing, albeit not publicly, it’s something I don’t really ever stop doing. For me, writing and thinking go hand in hand, thoughts channelled and poured out onto paper, my mind emptied of things which don’t need to be in there anymore, leaving room and space for clarity. I know there is a notion that when someone is quiet, that th

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elizabethdee001

Jul 30, 2020
8 min

I want to ride my bicycle

Cycling ... such a wonderful pastime, appealing to all manner of folk being one of those things accessible to so many to partake in. Young, old, male, female, fit or unfit, the fanatical or the practical, there’s a bike for everyone; mountain bikes, road bikes, hybrids, racing bikes, even electric bikes and folding bikes. There are adaptations to help if necessary, with stabilisers for the little ones, and of course strap on seat, or tag along bike for the very young too; ext

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Life Chez Dee Episode #67: Edward and Raphael Part II

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Jul 19, 2020
4 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #67: Edward and Raphael Part II

Those of you who follow my page may recall quite some time ago, I wrote a piece about *Edward and Raphael. Raphael’s bench is behind Edward’s bench, both of which sit underneath the magnificent oak tree in the cemetery. Today we went to the cemetery to visit Edward again. It was nice to be able to drive in, it has been so long since we’ve been able to do this as the gates have been closed to cars (unless attending a funeral) since lockdown. Although it is only a short walk up

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Life Chez Dee Episode #64: School Assemblies and Reflections

elizabethdee001

May 26, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #64: School Assemblies and Reflections

Most of us are living a period of time where we have been given time to slow down the pace of our lives, notice, observe, reflect; admittedly this has been an enforced time, but time it is. We’re in unprecedented times, people struggling financially, people who are vulnerable or elderly struggling at home, many of us taking on new roles as volunteers, teachers, childminders, carers. We take time to reflect on our own lives, how much we now appreciate, how much we miss, and in

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Life Chez Dee Episode #63: Home Schooling

elizabethdee001

May 16, 2020
14 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #63: Home Schooling

For many, home schooling our children began at the end of March this year. Suddenly, our workspaces, and working hours needed to be split between what we needed to do, and giving our children the education they needed and deserved. Initially, it was thought that the time at home would only be two weeks, with a return after the Easter holidays, but it soon became apparent that the need for children to stay at home would be much longer. I know some parents used those initial we

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Life Chez Dee Episode #62: Officially Quinquagenarian

elizabethdee001

May 3, 2020
9 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #62: Officially Quinquagenarian

On Sunday 3rd May, it’s my birthday. It’s a milestone birthday; a big one; the day I turn 50; my half century; the big Five O. I used to think it sounded old … but now it’s my turn, and I’m not so sure. Fifty years ago I was born; 3rd May 1970, which also was a Sunday … a 70s child; and a child born on the Sabbath, which according to the rhyme, means I’m bonnie, blithe, good and gay. I have now lived 18,263 days and today sees me officially a quinquagenarian. God that sounds

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Life Chez Dee Episode #61: There's no place like home

elizabethdee001

Apr 19, 2020
6 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #61: There's no place like home

We’ve been in lockdown for several weeks now; and I have to say if I had to sum things up, and encapsulate all my thoughts into just one sentence, then I’d have to conclude that (so far) for me it has been a really good time for us as a family. Together at times, or sometimes doing our own thing; positive, imaginative and inspirational; productive and busy, yet relaxed, calm and slow; noisy with a house full of people, and yet quiet times for reflection; insightful, enlighten

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Life Chez Dee Episode #60: Easter, new life and Edward

elizabethdee001

Apr 13, 2020
6 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #60: Easter, new life and Edward

It's been a strange few weeks, and Easter is no exception. No build up to the school holidays as Oliver has been schooled at home; holidays too have been cancelled or postponed; no jetting off somewhere, or packing of bags as we load up the car for a long motorway journey to our holiday cottage; no day trips planned for walks, museums, city visits, or visits to National Trust houses and gardens that we love so much. Visits to all these beautiful places put on hold, added to

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Mar 28, 2020
10 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #58: Virus times

It’s been a while since I sat to write some of my thoughts, I’ve had so many of them lately, good, bad, happy, sad; I’ve felt anxious, afraid, stressed, proud, unnerved and yet content; so many thoughts and emotions whizzing round in my head … everywhere I turn, a constant reminder of the sheer enormity of the crisis faced by so many locally, nationally, globally. Coronavirus is so contagious, spreading rapidly to thousands of people, and into the minds of thousands more. Lif

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Life Chez Dee Episode #57: An eve in Fleetwood

elizabethdee001

Mar 14, 2020
8 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #57: An eve in Fleetwood

As you all know I don’t really plan the subjects of my blogs … I write when I feel the need to write … when there’s a lot going on in my head, in my thoughts, worries, anecdotes, experiences. I would never in a month of Sundays have guessed that I would be writing about our evening in Fleetwood, but it just so happens that as the evening unfolded I just found myself with more and more to write about. The reason we were heading to Fleetwood, as I’m not sure I’d be heading ther

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Life Chez Dee Episode #56: worry, prepare and eat cake

elizabethdee001

Mar 11, 2020
8 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #56: worry, prepare and eat cake

I took a day to myself today. It’s not often I take a day off from all my charity work; I’m either answering emails, making phone calls, visiting businesses, groups, organisations, banking, admin or planning. But with the exception of one little errand, and a couple of answered messages, I’ve had the day to myself. Nothing planned. Nothing particularly achieved. But a day of nothingness ish. I’m worn out lately. I’m tired and I’m a bit stressed, and William has definitely pus

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Life Chez Dee Episode #55:
Childloss and Grief - a blog for mybump2baby by Elizabeth Dee

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Mar 5, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #55: Childloss and Grief - a blog for mybump2baby by Elizabeth Dee

I wrote a little piece about Edward for @MyBump2Baby in response to Carla's appeal for real stories. Please read, RT or share and give me a follow. More of my blogs on #life #love and #loss .. and much more ... can be found on http://elizabethdee.me https://www.mybump2baby.com/child-loss-and-grief-by-elizabeth-dee/ Losing a child is different to any other loss. My child died, and on every possible imaginable level, that is wrong. The death of a child is not something anyo

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Life Chez Dee Episode #54: A Cultural Weekend

elizabethdee001

Mar 1, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #54: A Cultural Weekend

It’s been rather a cultured weekend of arts and music. When I use the term cultured here I simply refer to how I interpret the use of this phrase. If someone were to be described as cultured I’d immediately assume a knowledgeable and learned person, of good taste and having a love of arts and music. I’m well aware that there is far more to the meaning of cultured but when I write I’m assuming that this is the way it will be interpreted, but as I lecture the boys in how they s

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Life Chez Dee Episode #53: My sesquipedalian blog

elizabethdee001

Feb 26, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #53: My sesquipedalian blog

Happy Hump Day! I keep seeing this EVERYWHERE. In shops, cafes and certainly all over social media. I have to say, and here I go again with my naivety, I was a little shocked … a little wide eyed that this term was being used. I actually thought it was something a little risqué, someone was planning a bit of “How’s your father” that evening, or maybe they’d been up to a bit of something … a bit more than canoodling the night before. I saw it again today … people using this ex

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Life Chez Dee Episode #52: Pablo "The Bionic Black Cat"

elizabethdee001

Feb 22, 2020
7 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #52: Pablo "The Bionic Black Cat"

Those who are already reading my blogs and following me on social media, will already be aware that one of my kittens has been through the mill a bit recently. I first discovered Pablo had hurt himself when I’d let both of them play in the garden outside. Claude had only just decided he liked going in the garden .. in fact they’d both only been going in the garden for a couple of weeks, and then only for a few minutes at a time. I’d been supervising … well not supervising as

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Life Chez Dee Episode #51: Valentine's thoughts

elizabethdee001

Feb 16, 2020
5 min

Life Chez Dee Episode #51: Valentine's thoughts

Valentine’s Day … What does that day say to me? Well it evokes so many emotions for me. The first thing which comes to mind for me, and most people I’d guess, is love. Love for a husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend. The person you fancy who gets the card with the question mark. Should it be made obvious who sent it, or should it be left for them to wonder … The latter probably being a recipe for upset, and thankfully (she says with much relief) something I’ve never had to ex

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