This weekend was the prestigious MAD Blog Awards, where I was lucky to be a finalist in the category for Outstanding Contribution. I was in this category for all the work I’ve done to raise awareness of different cancers, supporting and promoting different campaigns, fundraising, and launching my own campaign, #EmmasArmy against Cancer which has […]
Friends
Dear Jamie…
Dear Jamie, I find it hard to believe, that it was ten years today that you left this world behind, and a trail of grief in your wake, for all of those whom loved you. I was one of those. I wonder if you knew? The last time I saw you, was in a pub […]
The importance of adult friendships and birthdays #WednesdayWords
As you get older, birthdays become less and less important. Sometimes we skip them altogether. You often hear people saying "It's just another day". But you know what? It's not. Surely, as we get older, we should celebrate our birthdays more? I kept quiet about my negativity over having Cancer last year, I've barely mentioned […]
#WednesdayWords : A new and unexpected friendship
I'm very lucky to be blessed with many friends. Friends from all walks of life. Friends I've known a lifetime and friends I've only known a little. Friends who just like to chat sometimes, and friends who'd walk to the end of the earth to make me smile. Friends I can laugh with and friends […]
An #S2S2D Thankyou from Radioactive Mum
Six months ago, when undergoing internal radiotherapy, in the form of radioactive iodine, for the first time, something extraordinary happened. They called it Shoulder to Shoulder to Day #S2S2D. I had to have this treatment, for Thyroid Cancer. This treatment meant I could not go near my husband or children (or anyone else) for a […]