Like the rest of the world, I just cannot comprehend that another horrific act of terrorism has happened. Just a few days ago, yet another f***ing nutter blew himself up and along with him a whole lot of innocent lives. Like so many people, I feel sick to the stomach that these incidents are happening […]
One Day At A Time
ODAAT. Otherwise known as One Day At A Time. That’s my motto at the moment. And one of the main reasons I have made it through day 16 of my no flour and no sugar mission. I heard this great story of an old guy who was at an AA meeting. He introduced himself as people do: […]
Lemonade Please. No Sugar
I think life gives you lemons, and the thing that I’m working on doing is not watering it down, not putting sugar in it. Just drink it straight. The more you can take life head on… it’s gonna make you a better person, and then you have nothing left to be afraid of. And what […]
Talking about our feelings
Anything that’s human is mentionable, & anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, & less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. (Fred Rogers) How is it that sometimes things can […]
Choose Your Path: How to work out your values
When someone you love dies, your whole life changes and the safety you felt in your old existence is suddenly no longer there. Losing 2 of the 4 of our little family left my mom and I totally uncertain of our identities. No longer do I have a dad or a little brother. No longer will my mom ever be […]
Orange Rhino charging through
Ok. Deep breath. I’m not proud of what I’m about to write however if I’m going to be totally honest and move forward with this blog in the way I hoped to then it’s confession time… Living Life can be so f**king hard sometimes! This summer with my 5-year-old has been tough. There have been times […]
Walk Barefoot in the Desert?
Would you ever walk barefoot in a desert in the dark to go and look for scorpions? You wouldn’t? No, neither would I but Gumby would have (nutter)! And until the other night I didn’t think anyone else would either however I watched a pretty interesting program called Fierce where the presenter – Steve Backshall – did exactly […]
Screw-ups, Slugs & Surfing!
Yo! Hello to you 🙂 You may or may not have noticed that things have been a bit quiet here on the blog for a while. Things have been a little, shall we say, emotional & testing over the last few months & a combination of things have left me missing Jeremy so incredibly much […]
The Opportunity of Adversity
“Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life. And I tend to think of it like my shadow. Sometimes I see a lot of it, sometimes there’s very little, but it’s always with me.” This woman, Aimee Mullins, is totally inspiring. […]
This Momentous Day
Today it’s been 2 years since Gumby died. The world still feels shit without him! I was wondering what to write & looking through some old photo’s & papers when I came across a scrap of paper from many years ago. I’d written this down after being incredibly motivated by it in a book by […]