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 [...]
Author: Rachel
Life is an experiment…
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 - [...]
Love is…. the actions that we take?
"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 [...]
The Joy of giving
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 [...]
“Accepting who you are and leading with love – not feeling caged in by other peoples perception”
"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 [...]
The value of friendship
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 [...]
To be empowered a woman must have long hair – according to #Cosmo
I have often talked about having Alopecia from the point of view of hearing other people's reactions or the positive affect it has had on me. However, there are many groups I follow where I see the despair from those who are struggling with their confidence about having Alopecia. Friends or friends of friends [...]
