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Being family
Life is pretty tough at the moment. To be fair, on reflection, it’s been pretty tough for quite some time. There have been ups and downs of course, but probably since Liz first got sick back in...
View ArticleLevi moving...
Since the pictures went down so well, we thought people might also appreciate a few videos of Levi's first few months as well. To keep them semi-private you'll need their direct links to view them....
View ArticleBreaking the silence - a quick update
Given our current circumstances it may not be too surprising that it’s been a long time since we last wrote. That said we are still sorry for such a long period of silence. We’ve always tried to keep...
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Education, dual-carriageways and prawns
It still surprises me how important education is, despite having had firsthand opportunities to see how deeply a lack of education can affect people’s lives. Watching an episode of a recent Indian...
View ArticleThe challenges and blessings of motherhood with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
There is no getting away from the fact that living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME and mothering a small baby is HARD. I don’t want to be self-pitying (this is a struggle of mine!) but it is...
View ArticleWell put.
One of the great things about being able to read is the opportunity to 'soak up' others thoughts and experiences whenever and wherever you are. Coming from a 'reading culture' we often don't realise...
View ArticleLiteracy, education and health
In our last blog I talked about some of the implications of education (or the lack of). Health is another key area of people's lives impacted by the kind of education they have access to. Below is a...
View ArticleFrustration
Chronic fatigue is an illness that fluctuates a lot. To try and give an idea of what that can be like, below is a reflection from Liz on how frustrated she can feel on one of her hard days.-----I hate...
View ArticleDissecting my dissertation
Towards the end of last month, following a meeting of the academic board, I found out that I had passed my MA with merit. Whilst the delay between submitting my dissertation and finding out this news...
View ArticleInternational Literacy Day - getting our priorities right
Tomorrow is ‘International Literacy Day 2012’, and perhaps very appropriately I will be spending it at the ‘British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE)’ annual conference in...
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Keeping busy
Was it really ‘only’ a month since our last blog? Despite the summer (did we actually have one?) usually being a quieter time for many people it seems our August and September have been the busiest...
View ArticleSeeing the bigger picture
As most people will happily admit, life is seldom simple. Rather it is a complex web of interconnected issues, where our understanding of one part is only the beginning of our journey of discovery into...
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Two sides of the same coin
Last week I had the privilege of attending meetings at UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) about progress towards the ‘Education for All’ goals. You can read...
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Special occasions
Sorry it's been so long since we last wrote, it really has been a busy few months! We wanted to post a short message before we reached the Christmas and New Year break and it seemed most appropriate to...
View ArticleIntroducing… ‘Wisbeys with Wycliffe: supporting development through literacy’...
This is the first in a series of five short posts, explaining why we think what we do is worth us spending our time and energies doing it.As you might have noticed, the title of this blog is also the...
View Article‘Wisbeys’ (2 of 5)
This is the second part of a five-part blog series on who we are, what we do and why we think it is worth doing. As we said in the first post, we are the Wisbeys: Matt, Liz and Levi (Dec ’11). Here is...
View Article‘with Wycliffe’ (3 of 5)
This is the third part of a five-part blog series on who we are, what we do and why we think it is worth doing. As we said in our second post, we are the Wisbeys and we are ‘with Wycliffe’…Across the...
View Article‘supporting’ (4 of 5)
As we said in the first of this series of posts, we feel that the best thing we can do with our skills and experiences is to share them with others. We don’t have all the answers and we certainly don’t...
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‘development through literacy’ (5 of 5)
People learn to read and write best in the language they know the best. Despite this fact (and it is a fact, there is LOTS of evidence to back it up… trust us!), it is estimated that over 200 million...
View ArticleLooking back on my 20s...
A decade ago I started going out with a handsome, extroverted young man. He was my 20th birthday present and turned out to be my best friend despite our many differences. Since then I have got engaged,...
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