More than Writers

  I must admit I was a bit reluctant to go. I was exhausted and had many shelved tasks at home that I’ve been putting off for far too long. Maybe I felt like a child expected to turn up at a family event where I didn’t fit in. Yet I shouldn’t have been surprised to have been blessed by attending the ACW Autumn Gathering in Egham last Saturday.   It was lovely to meet people whose comments I read on Facebook or LinkedIn posts. I also came away with a fresh impetus to get back to my writing. Although it was not one of the many interesting insights that were shared that stuck with me most, but an almost throw-away comment by the ACW chair, Jane Walters. Jane shared how she had returned to drawing and painting but acknowledged that the output was not well formed, as if a child produced it. Her comment inferred that we can gradually improve a skill we enjoy. For me, I was drawn to recall the Bible verses (Mark 10:13-16) where Jesus welcomes and blesses children. He commends tho...