1.0Storieshttps://stories.qvcuk.comAlison Keenanhttps://stories.qvcuk.com/author/alison-keenan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zP2Zl2Dmvv"><a href="https://stories.qvcuk.com/presenters/alison-keenan/this-too-shall-pass/">This too shall pass…</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://stories.qvcuk.com/presenters/alison-keenan/this-too-shall-pass/embed/#?secret=zP2Zl2Dmvv" width="600" height="338" title="“This too shall pass…” — Stories" data-secret="zP2Zl2Dmvv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://stories.qvcuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_8590-scaled.jpg19202560I am so sorry for the incredibly long period of time since I last wrote to you, but I think the term ‘extenuating circumstances’ genuinely covers it, and the situation we all find ourselves in now is unprecedented.  In fact looking back over my last blog it’s hard to comprehend just how much the world […]