Zoe Davis – Celebrating A New Start In Life
When 2020 came knocking, not once did any of us expect or realise to the full extent of how it would impact our lives. Life for us in France had already been quite tough. We thought we had seen it all and that not much else could happen. We had lived in a historical...
Maurine Fischel – Making It Happen In France
The year 2011 was a big one for my family. My mother died, quickly and without warning, while my husband was in the hospital down the road for treatment of an infection related to chemotherapy for his second cancer in two years. My youngest son, Ben, and his partner,...
Noelle Wood – A Leap Across An Ocean
It had been another marathon day, teaching Pilates and aerial circus classes for 12 hours. After almost 20 years of self-employment and working in this industry, I was burned out, stressed, sick, exhausted and joyless. I barely saw my family, hardly slept, ate...
David Bownes – A Sudden Impulse
Looking back over time, it is surprising to find the number of occasions major changes have been sparked by a wave or some insignificant serendipitous event. Back to 1964 My old fashioned grammar school was unceremoniously merged with a large secondary school to...