I found a message in a bottle on our local beach with my friend when I was 10….
The thrill of the unknown Who could have sent it? Where did they send it from? The note inside had a number to call, it was local, so perhaps not as exciting as we hoped. The message belonged to a girl from the next village. She had thrown it out on a school trip, a […]
I had an overwhelming urge to drive myself off the road…
This is a statement I look at now and cannot believe it was me. But it was an overwhelming sensation deep in my gut. I didn’t want to die. I just wanted the world to stop. For a bit. I had a beautiful new baby. I was in a weird fog that lived in my […]
Valentines, the day to love yourself…
365 days ago, if you told me how I was spending this Valentines, I would have thought you were crazy I was fully prepared to embark on a life with someone I knew couldn’t give me the emotional fulfilment I craved, but it was good enough. 368 days ago I had just arrived back from […]
They say owners are like their dogs…..
For me, this was the case. I was a German Shepherd. My beautiful girl, Amber, loved her walks. She walked so much further than any of us. She would run between the person at the back and the person at the front. Always checking we were together, always making sure no one was missing. If […]
No Judgement
I sit with my 14 year old watching Queer Eye, witnessing a grown man sobbing into his step mum’s lap as he “confesses” he is gay. He has been hiding it for years and it was heart breaking. Happily, his mum gives him a hug and accepts him completely. I turn to my daughter and […]
Life Choices
Standing in a queue for an hour to go on a rollercoaster in the theme park, rain pouring down, feet squelching in my shoes is not my first idea of fun. It’s always the same at a theme park, hours of queuing for moments of thrill, yet thousands of people do it. I avoid going […]