In Max Porter’s novella, Grief is a thing with Feathers,’ the unnamed widower and father, its central character, speaks about the grief of losing his young wife. He says, ‘I sat alone in the living room wondering what to do. Shuffling around, waiting for shock to give way, waiting for any kind of structured feeling to emerge from the organizational fakery of my days’.
We feel a sense of the loneliness, bewilderment, disbelief, shock and the subversion of order in the character’s life, while…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-12-08/1025/
Family wins Award for Community Service
Mrs Janelle Victory and her two children, Annalise and Madiba, became recipients of the Triple AAA Foundation Awards in Leicester for their dedication to community service.
Janelle Victory devotes her time and energy to supporting local people, including women and vulnerable families. She helps people who are affected by drug addictions and domestic violence. She says her motto in life has been, “When life throws you lemon make the sweetest lemonade.” Janelle’s two children have followed in…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-12-08/1024/
Step in for Santa!
Step in for Santa and show the 2021 AT Year-End Fundraiser some love at: atoday.org/donate Source: https://atoday.org/step-in-for-santa/
Rescheduled!
Jacarandas are flowering but will not frame photos of graduates this year as Avondale moves its ceremony away from December so more students can march. Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2021/12/09/rescheduled/
Pioneering health professionals
The newest course at Avondale builds on our reputation as one of Australia’s premier providers of lifestyle medicine education. Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2021/12/09/pioneering-health-professionals/
