In 2013, I returned to University at the age of forty-eight to train as a midwife. After having seven children of my own, I felt a strong sense of vocation to support other women on their journeys to parenthood.

Becoming a midwife was one of the most thrilling and challenging adventures I have ever undertaken. It took me to places few people are...

Walsingham is a special place. A sleepy English village buried deep in the north Norfolk countryside, Walsingham hums with a spiritual resonance so gentle you might mistake it for the baa of the sheep in the fields or the burble of the little river. According to tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared here in the eleventh century. Walsingham became...

How does it feel to discover that there is something wrong with your baby?

Karen thought she had the perfect family. She had everything organised and under control. But when her seventh child, Martha, was born with Down Syndrome, Karen’s world was shaken to its core.

This memoir tells the story of Martha’s early months and years. Karen shares...