A memoir that touches on the whole spectrum of life's joys and sorrows; hurts, hopes, achievements and disappointments throughout childhood, into maturity and beyond. A faith, tested and tried, that inwardly questioned and quietly wrestled with the promptings of the Holy Spirit and the seemingly acceptable expectations of the established church. With elements of social history, personal insights and philosophical reflection, which will resonate with the reader. I have felt privileged to have been born and grown up in a rural area of Staffordshire. I worked for a period in Germany, however the highlight of my traveling outside the UK was time spent in Calcutta. Whilst there I worked with Mother Theresa and the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity.