Dear Donna, I’m falling in love with my friend and it is completely unexpected. I’ve been praying to God for him to bring a good man into my life and all along that ‘good man’ has been someone I’ve known for nearly seven years. We’ve always got on really well but never before have I considered him…
Hey! Happy New year! That’s what we say right? I had such high hopes for this year and granted we are only 9 days in but already I am feeling deflated, disengaged and pretty demotivated. And I can’t quite pull myself out of this slump that I have found myself in. But that’s silly right? Just because its January doesn’t…
If January was a colour, it would be grey. Actually, not grey because everyone seems to be loving grey at the moment... let's go with magnolia. Why you magnolia you ask? Why boring ole magnolia? And there's really only one answer. No one really likes magnolia. You move into a new house or new apartment and all the walls are…
This was my day job, but usually I was the professional on the other side of the desk. I took a deep breath and the words came spiralling out. Factual, accurate, no emotion attached …composed as ever. Strong for my son. Honest for myself. The day continued; classes began…for us both. Normality was needed for the daytime because when…
Being the end of a decade it has made me reflect on the changes in my life over the past ten years. My life now is pretty much unrecognisable from that of ten years ago. Come join me for a trip down memory lane won't you? 2010 Party girl This year was absolutely rammed full of parties and holidaying.…
Every January I tell myself I'll change and do things differently this year. And here I am, beginning of January and back to where I was last year. The Blank Diary Fear. Santa has brought be my usual shiny new Moleskine diary for the upcoming year, after writing in family members birthdays and other must remember dates, it's then just…
Rummaging through the crumpled heaps thrown on the floor, all my favourite items burnt to cinders. Powerful dressing wasn’t going to be a thing today. I’d have to go it alone. My daughter didn’t question why we travelled to school as a three, why her brother was going to miss the first bell. We watched her waltz into school, enjoying…
Dear Donna, Please can I keep this message anonymous to protect my friend who is the subject below: I’ve been friends with her for nearly fifteen years. We met at school and have always been close ever since. However, when I went to stay with her this week, she tried to kiss me. I had NO IDEA she was into…
On Christmas Day I lost my Grandmother. She had always been the rock in my life and she was my everything. When I wasn't visiting her in hospital leading up to this loss, I found myself trying to do anything that she had been nagging me to do for weeks. The main thing was cleaning. For me, cleaning use to…
What have I learned from the last decade? Well, it’s been a testing one that’s for sure, but it’s also been the most amazing pilgrimage of self discovery I’ve ever been on. I feel like the last decade is where I really became an adult, anything before was part of my youth. In 2010 I was glassed in a nightclub…