Ark and Fliss

Felicity and Armand met in France in their teenage years. They bonded in friendship and fell in love after their first few years as students. Ark, as he was known, came from a complicated family background but had the courage to make his own decisions to change his university studies. They began their married life in London but soon moved to Surrey where Ark could follow his career in Art. Fliss enjoyed teaching French. They had to face some real sadness but they worked at making a life together and travelled to both Germany and Romania making lifelong relationships, before settling in Surrey to work through their spiritual life and their loving contacts with their extended family.

Sheila is a retired teacher of Modern Languages and English as a Foreign Language (EFL)

Until Lockdown she had only written a few articles for magazines and some Christian Poetry. Inspired by attempting a memoir of her spiritual journey, she decided to use her experiences in Education, travels in Europe, Canada and Australia to create family stories dealing with anthropology, racism, spirituality and mental health, indigenous art and belief systems and relationships, counselling and sexuality. In her retirement she studied Romanian, Creative Writing, Indigenous Spirituality and Post-Colonial Theology. She also did Prison work and teaching for the Probation Service.