Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

Not Your Everyday Dad …

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] As I mentioned back in March, mums are so often the focal point of any family, the glue that binds it together. However, not that I suspect that he was a huge fan of Marvin Gaye, my biology teacher once told me that “It Takes Two”. I ...

And the Greatest of These is Love

Monday, May 17th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] In the weeks between Easter Sunday and Pentecost, the theme of Services at St Martin's at the Bullring, has been LOVE. It has been in specific reference to one of the Bible’s most special verses, one in which Paul tells the Corinthians:- But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the ...

Mum’s the Word

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

[show_avatar email=rohan@hetoreahamstring.me.uk align=left] If, like me, you are intrigued by insignificant trivia, you may wonder about the origins of the title phrase above. According to Wikipedia, its origins can be traced to 15th Century, where "Mum" was a Middle English word meaning "silent", possibly derived from the "mmm" sound made ...