I could have quite easily written a blog on this year, because so much of my life has changed in that time. As we come to the end of a decade, I thought it was a perfect time to reflect on more than just a year but how much my whole world has changed. A […]
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Dear Bug… So You Are Disabled AND a Mother? When I first became unwell in 2006, I was embarrassed to use a wheelchair. It reminded me how much my body was failing me, and I felt like everybody was watching me. I only managed to get out in the wheelchair a few times, and most
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I had a great response to the start of The Green Baby, so here I am with another post for you all! Since having Felicity, my eyes have been opened up to how we are affecting the planet. If we all make little steps of change then they will become big steps in protecting our
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News alert! Yes, you are reading it right! I am so pleased to announce that A Girl Behind Dark Glasses is one of the finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2019!! It was incredible seeing how much everyone on social media really got behind the book and kept voting. Your support means everything. I wrote
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DISCLAIMER: Before reading this, please note this is only what worked for me. It might not work for you but I hope you find it helpful. We are now nine weeks into our bundle of joy and I have realised that although I have been talking about Felicity, I haven’t really done a proper full
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When I became ill, I was studying for my GCSEs and was loving education. However, I soon joined the thousands of teenagers who was unable to continue with school due to the severity of my M.E. I remember clearly when I first had to stop going to school that the first thing that my grammar
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Ever since I knew that I was going to be having a baby, I knew I would need to try and find something that helped the baby to sleep. With M.E. and lack of sleep, it makes for pretty horrible cocktail. I mean it’s not like sleep actually makes me feel any better but without
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Felicity was taken straight from theatre to the Oliver Fisher Unit, which is a specialist baby unit. I had looked around the unit before I gave birth to her, as a practise that every new to be parents should see. I’m so glad that I did. It had scared me, seeing all the big machines
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It is National Loneliness Week and I want to talk about how loneliness has affected me within my M.E. journey. When I first became chronically unwell, my life changed dramatically. I had been a very sociable 14-year-old, who enjoyed school and being with my friends. The truth was, I didn’t have that energy to spare
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Last week was an emotional one. We were looking after my brother and sister-in-laws cats for a week, whilst they were on holiday. It gave us a chance to not completely follow a routine. I don’t think I’ve done this since I’ve been home from hospital with care. So that would be 9 years. It’s
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