Become who you really are
September is Alopecia Awareness Month. For me, this is very timely because I have recently had a 'blip' in my confidence about facing the world as a person with no hair. I was interested to explore why this might be. So we decided to record ourselves having a conversation where we discuss this issue, and [...]
Just over a week ago I was on my way to London to attend the WalktheWalk Moonwalk 2018. I mentioned this (in what seems to be a lifetime ago) here. Looking back over my bit of blog, I was talking about the 4 miles training and how I was dreading the 22 mile walk before [...]
Since I mentioned, in my comment to Liz's previous post, that I am not that keen on walking, I have been mulling it over in my mind. Yesterday, I decided that I would make sure my 5 mile training would be in a more built up area and incorporated one of my favourite places - [...]
"Honest Heart Produce Honest Actions" - Brigham Young Actions speak louder than words. Personally, I believe this to be wholeheartedly true and recently, I discovered something that concreted this belief; this beautiful message Lucy left for her brother on Valentines Day (for which she has given me permission to show). Other than with myself and [...]
In a follow up to our post before Christmas I have received an email confirming that the two Christmas boxes we donated had gone to Romania - part of the procedure of Operation Child is for a barcode to be printed so that the box can be traced back and sender inform of it's whereabouts. Although [...]
"I think the reward for conformity is everyone likes you but yourself". - Rita Mae Brown After our recent post on empowerment and beauty it came as an unexpected co-incidence that I watched The Greatest Showman this weekend. Whilst ultimately the story is of P.T Barnam making his success from exploiting 'freaks' it also illustrates [...]
Last year on my birthday I had over 100 likes and messages on my facebook page. For each one, I dutifully thanked those for taking the time to wish me well. A couple of months ago I liberated myself from the shackles of Facebook and deactivated my account. For business purposes I have another Facebook [...]
