Inside my inkdori : the besties
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Inside my inkdori : the besties

Hi there! My name is Claire, I’m 25 and I live with my husband Andy in Bristol, UK. I work with young people in a church here. A few ‘loves’ of mine, other than Jesus and my husband, are: chocolate, coffee, bunnies and (most importantly for today) stationary! I’m a sucker for a good notebook; Andy actually bought me 3 or 4 new notebooks as a Christmas present one year because he couldn’t decide which one I’d like best and said ‘well, more is better right?’. He is right. He’s so right.

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Achieving “quiet time” when life is far from quiet
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Achieving “quiet time” when life is far from quiet

It has been an interesting learning curve finding time to invest in my spiritual life now that life is all about being “Mummy”. Oh how many times have I wanted I time travel back to when I was a student and shake myself silly saying “appreciate how much time you have right now!!” (How much sleep you have!!) “Read things, do things, travel! Do it all!!” I will be honest, I have really struggled, as an introvert, having little to no “me time” since baby bear arrived. (I love her so much, she is a complete blessing in my life and I cannot imagine life without her, but sometimes I just need some time out and I’m counting down to bed time! That being said, whenever I watch her sleep my heart just explodes and I want to wake her up and give her huge cuddles!)

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