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I’m here (apprehensively) after a long and torturous journey of self-doubt, criticism and sabotage. Despite friends and relatives complimenting my humour, intellect, empathy, diplomacy and insightful observations (their words, not mine), there was one person in my way… Me!
For reasons I am still discovering, I never believed that I was good enough and I wouldn’t have anything of any worth to share. Then, I got older and a teeny bit wiser and decided at long last that I had nothing to lose, so… I got out of my way!
I’ll be publishing a Monthly Newsletter sharing little nuggets of wisdom, thoughts, opinions and insights that you may or may not find interesting. I will also share Book Reviews, as well as other ‘paid-subscriber-only’ content, including posts in my ‘Open Book’ and more! Although I may get serious at times, the overall feel I’m going for is honest, light hearted and (hopefully) funny.
A little more about me… I always feel a bit cringy doing these… it feels a bit like boasting… Yuk!
I am a divorced mother of two beautiful girls, living with my partner - man, not woman… I always feel like “partner” refers to a same sex relationship, but maybe that’s just me? Anyway, my partner doesn’t believe in marriage, so I guess I’m stuck with that term for the time being. We live in a lovely part of England… in fact “Jane Austin Country” they call it, as her house is indeed a couple of towns away from us.
Besides all the usual adulting and parenting responsibilities, my days are filled with reading, writing, keeping up with current affairs (aka watching day time TV) and managing a debilitating autoimmune disease called Axial Spondyloarthropathy - Try saying that with food in your mouth! 😆 It’s ok, I’m not looking for sympathy, just mentioning it to paint a fuller picture of my life.
So, all of those things keep me busy enough, but the one thing that I keep coming back to, is this urge to write. Whether it be about the trials and tribulations of parenting, family challenges, mental wellbeing, modern society, culture or random hilarious mishaps… it seems I might actually have something worth saying after all ❤️
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