Val Heaton

About Val Heaton

Val is a Wife, Mother, Grand Mother and Great Grandmother. A trained registered nurse who was in leadership in the community and church sector for a large part of her life. She re-registered as Nurse in her late fifties. This year in her seventies she went to university for the first time to study philosophy and ethics. She wanted to keep curious, learning and growing and had to be in an environment where she would hear the reflections from the younger generations.
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Pause, when the going gets tough. Pause, when you’ve gone far enough. Pause, when there’s nowhere to hide. Pause, Turn aside. Valerie Heaton Life is so precious, full of wonder and beauty, a totally awesome place and yet the journey of life is never going to be easy for any […]

Pause and Turn Aside

 in 2017 April: Pause by
A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. By Emily Dickinson – Words are Dead Creative Words Words are so powerful, so transforming, so utterly creative, that putting pen to paper today feels somehow quite shocking. Where are the […]

Words Create and Live On

 in 2017 Create by
Those early years – me as a very little girl. I was born in Kent, Southeast England just after the war started in 1940. I often think of my mother who must have been petrified just even carrying me during this time – with war planes constantly overhead.  She would […]

The Impact of Your Early Story

 in Oct 2016: Story  tagged #story / children / confusion / earlystory / elderly / formativeyears / impactofwar / littlegirl / morrisonshelter / motherhood / rejection / sadness / trauma / vulnerability / war / yourstory by
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Val at Notre Dame University   My daughter, Penny, picked me up yesterday and we spent a fabulous day together visiting the Notre Dame university in Fremantle I attend,  the Perth city, cool coffee shops, and then my grandson’s architectural workplace .  The best day. We talked, as usual – but […]

Curiosity Brightens Your Day

 in 2016 Curiosity by