The beautiful, funny & unsightly truths about raising 3 year old twins & an 8 year old singleton… with one on the way!
My training for my #EmmasArmy against Cancer campaign has gone somewhat out the window, since my surgery. I wasn’t prepared for that, and supposedly now, I’m not supposed to do any exercise for 4-6 weeks post surgery… which leads to the date of the walk! The thing is… I’ve worked too hard to quit. I’m […]
Here are some prose I wrote last week, during my recovery from surgery. They describe my feelings surrounding my ectopic pregnancy. There are some people who feel I should be "over it" by now, or that I had no cause to be upset, because my pregnancy was so early on. The truth is, that it […]
This is a short poem I wrote during the horrendous wind and rain storms a few weeks ago. My house is REALLY noisy when it's windy, due to the location and positioning of our house. From my bedroom at night, the sounds are actually quite frightening. The Howling the howling the growling the window […]
I’ve been in the press (all forms) quite a lot over the last year. The MAJORITY of the reports I was featured in, were either factually incorrect, I was misquoted or… they completely made up elements of my story! I’ve even had copyrighted photos stolen from me, by journalists, and republished with the newspapers own watermarks! Stories […]
This year, has been a particularly difficult one for our family. Yet at the same time, it has renewed our sense of family values, reinforced in our minds, the importance of cherishing the good times together. Despite the issues with my Cancer and job loss, we’ve still had a lot of fun and laughs and […]
This is a poem I wrote last week, whilst I was radioactive and not allowed near my children, due to receiving radioactive iodine 131 for Thyroid Cancer. The aim of this, was to illuminate any cancer and thyroid cells on a full body scan, to see if my radiotherapy in May 2013 has worked or […]
This week I wrote a short piece (called "Finding Light") for a friend I have met through the blog world. A beautiful soul who has had the most tragic of years. Jennie who blogs at Edspire. She asked me to send her some of my positivity, as she is struggling with double grief. I'm not going […]
Okay so please note that the title is meant to be a bit of fun. I have not suddenly developed a crazed ego of fame! However, when I went into Isolation for Radiotherapy, the very last thing I expected was to be on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC1 Points West News on the TV and in […]