TWENTY
Long time no writing, a whole year to be precise and what a year it has been. I don’t really know how I’ve felt in 2020, sometimes stressed, so tired, under pressure and constantly worried. It’s important to remember that…
Nineteen
It’s been a strange old year of immense highs and immense lows- just life really I guess. We’ve lost our beloved Gran very suddenly and have taken in her cat Puffy who is a darling and is much loved (and…
Hello, Goodbye
It’s Thursday night and we’re printing out memorial sheets for the service tomorrow. Some of you will know (but not many as I’ve been unable to actually speak about it to more than a few) that K’s Mum, Marnie’s beloved…
From the biggest branch to the smallest leaf
Those of you who are my friends on Facebook will know about my strange Ebay discovery a while back- an old postcard sent to my grandparents in 1936 from a lady called Rose. I was freaked out and excited at…
Slow Down
On Monday I noticed the amazing pattern on the carpet in Partick library for the first time in my life. How did I come to finally spot this detail in a place I’ve set foot in many times? Probably because…
Atonement
On Saturday afternoon we went to Margate. Marnie is obsessed with crabbing so we went to the harbour shore to fill her bucket with water. It was windy but sunny, the beach was packed. Kevvy pointed out a pile of…
21 Day Positive Mega Sprint
Almost 5 years ago I discovered something which really floored me. For the best part of a couple of years, it caused me to cut myself off from friends, not put my all into things I love and generally spiral…
Living a frightened life
Today seems appropriate to write a post that I never thought I would write, I may delete it 30 seconds after I’ve published or I maybe not, we shall see! Most people won’t know that I’ve suffered from depression for…
Climate Change
Hopefully we all do as much as we can at home to preserve the environment – multiple kinds of recycling, donating things we’ve outgrown to the charity shop and repairing things instead of just binning them. This year I’ve started…
My International Women’s Day Inspiration
My International Women’s Day Inspiration are the Dagenham Women. I was born in Dagenham and my Mum worked at the Ford Motor Plant before I was born. She was there around the time of the passing of the Equal Pay…
