Christmas Eve in 1818, in the small Austrian village of Oberndorf, the world was about to hear the beloved carol #SilentNight for the first time. But did you know its story is tied to a volcanic eruption and flooding? 🌋 🌊 🌡️ 🌍 🎵 Let me explain… 🧵 1/10

Christmas stocking was popular. 🎅🏻🎄 More please 😂

Love to the amazing #widow & #grief community today xx

We have been busy working away at what the future looks like for the midwifery community. After listening to you, our board and groups of stakeholders – we will be releasing our next corporate strategy in January. Thank you for another year of collaborating on a brighter future!

Sharing again, because for some people and families, the 'festive break' won't always be festive. Or a break. 'Holidays might be stressful because your brother or sister finds a change in routine hard' #siblings www.sibs.org.uk/youngsibs/sp...

My Chief Elf is home so Christmas has officially started. Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas however you’re doing it. 🌟 🎅🏻🎄

Gentle reminder to clergy of struggling churches: your celebration of Christmas is just as meaningful as the large churches that can afford a production. Lights, instruments, and etc do not make “Christmas.” Being willing to celebrate the birth of Christ in your faith community is what does.

Gisèle Pelicot is an incredible woman. “Shame must change sides”

Still hoping there’s a midwife starter pack? Return to practice. Who do I need to follow? @rcm.org.uk

#WidowBrain or #GriefBrain leaves us feeling foggy, disconnected, forgetful and tired. It's scary but it's also normal #widow #grief www.thewidowshandbook.com/home/widows-...

I’m at that age where I just follow what my son says 😂 The Underground in Italian was too much for me 😅 #Milan

This read is so horrendous but sadly unsurprising. ‘found that parent blame was not in the heads of families, but was built into the systems activated when parents sought support to enable their disabled children to live a good life.’

Really important & innovative resource to support those who may need language support #mbrrace

Is there a #midwife #midwifery #womenshealth starter pack?

Afghan women decry ‘complete abolishment’ from society after Taliban bars them from nursing, midwifery training: Learning medical skills in midwifery and nursing was the only form of higher education left for women in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s Islamist regime took power in 2021

Yesterday I bumped into a former student at the barbers, with his PA. Then today I met another working at the local Co-Op. These incidental encounters might seem insignificant, but if you work with children with SLD/PMLD, seeing them purposefully engaged in their communities as adults is a real joy.

New paper🚨 “I Would Not Change [My] Sibling for the World, Maybe the World Can Change for My Sibling”: The Experiences of Adult Siblings of People With Developmental Disabilities. Authors - Liz Moran-Morbey, Chloe Blackwell, Tom Ryan, and myself onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Spoilt but worth it ❤️