Mark Edgecombe and his wife Sarah completed the Vocational Programme in Wellington (Spring, 2020). He is Head of English at Tawa College, where he enjoys helping young people engage with literature, and in turn to create a little of their own.
Mark and Sarah worship at St Christopher’s Anglican Church and live in Tawa with their three children, William, Elise, and Bethany.
I live in the valley in which I was raised. From my daughter’s bedroom window, I can see the school I once attended and keep an eye on the 1st XV on Saturday afternoons, just discerning the blue of their strip.
It’s Christmas. Or December, at least. I know this because tonight Sarah has found the Mariah Carey album in the rack beside the stereo.
All my life I have loved to sing. At first, I didn’t realise that the family rule, “No singing at the table,” was not universal but particular.