Dear Kerry, You are my oldest and dearest friend. I can’t imagine my life without you. I think of you as a sister to me and of your mum as a second mum. Always have, always will. We grew up together. We held hands through playschool. We got in trouble together through primary school. We […]
Friendship
Does technology make us lonely and needy?
I just read a transcript from a talk at TED by Sherry Turkle and it both fascinated me and resonated deeply with some of my own emotional struggles. I felt compelled to blog about it straight away. It was all about the impact of technology on real life relationships. How we all love to receive […]
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 […]
Wednesday Words: Online Friendship
After the incredible experience that was Britmums Live 2013, I wanted to find a quote about online friendship... ...But that sounded sad and geeky and I didn't think my non-blogger readers would quite understand. But you see... that doesn't matter, because Britmums Live took away the difference. It changed many of my online friends, into […]
In Memory of Jamie
One thing I haven’t shared with my loyal blog readers, is that years ago, I used to write poetry. Now I am going to break my literary silence and share a special one with you. Exactly eight years ago today, my very close friend from college, tragically died in a car crash. He was 18 years […]