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Into the thick of it….
It’s 4am sunday morning. Still dark out with the threat of impending day break. I’ve tossed & turned most of the night crippled with...
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Internal inferno
Friday morning. 7am. Slaley Hall. Woke up to the sound of the fan furiously whirring in the hopes of cooling me down. I’ve slept a total...
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Easy like a Sunday Morning
Sunday morning 8am . Sat in bed listening to the seagulls stomp noisily on the porch roof . They’ve no respect for sleepy Sundays those...
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Football Family
It’s 5am Sunday morning. Milky May sunlight floods the kitchen. Hero dog’s gentle rhythmic snores are hypnotic. I’m sipping on a...
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May is Gray in a good way.
Its may bank holiday. Ive been awake since 5am, no stress just wide awake. I‘m taking a moment ( whilst everyones still sleeping ) for...
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Staying Stable.
Super quick update. Monty Mofo is stable. Recent brain MRI showing no further progression of disease at the minute. The relief is massive...
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Emerging Imaging
Monday Monday. the kids have returned to school from Easter break. I’ve hauled ass to the gym this morning, I’m now tucked up on the...
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Not today Satan
It’s Friday again, it’s Saturday , Sunday then....Easter holidays. So the kids have just gone back & their home again for 2 weeks. This...
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Going places & empty spaces
Saturday afternoon’s sunshine bathes me in glorious rays. I sit in the living room , slough like on the couch bathing in golden light,...
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I'm only human after all.
It’s 7.24am Wednesday 18th Feb 2021!!! 6 weeks into the New Year, what’s new? What have we got covid still kicking our doors down, kids...
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Boil the kettle, I’m in fine fettle.
Its Tuesday around tea time (if your northern ) I’m watching a place in the sun. The scent of my new candle sweetens the frosty air....
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Early Hours, Big Fears
It’s 2.50am. I can’t sleep. Head is abuzz with thoughts. Sometimes I imagine my brain to be like the lights u see in photos of American...
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New Year, new fear, more hope
Happy New Year!!!!! It’s 2021!!!! The shit show that was 2020 has gone like the mad dog it was. it’s been a bit crap for everyone in...
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Goose is getting giddy
It’s Wednesday morning 12.45am I’m downstairs . Can’t sleep. Heads whirling with worries. Have I got all the presents? will the turkey...
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Smile whilst you have teeth .
Tuesday 8th December; it’s early evening , Been pitch black outside since around 4pm. Candles are lit a seasonal scent fills the house....
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Christmas is coming....
It’s sunday 29th November. We’re 1 month out from Christmas, Partway through lockdown part deux. the trees up, the dinners cooking....
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Vista Sista
It’s Thursday afternoon. My peace is shattered by the sound of the window cleaners performing their aerial aquabatics . Big G is perched...
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Don’t count me out
It’s Friday morning, there’s a moody grey sky outside, it’s a cold, cold mid October morning. I’m snuggled on the kitchen couch with H...
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Level up
40. I’m here. I made it! It feels good. I’m proud to say im over the hill. ive had truly the best birthday month I could ever have...
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Forty & Fabulous
Over the top. That’s me. Over the top of that bloody hill that is 40! It feels freaking fabulous to be defying the odds & still be here...