Written on: Wednesday, 28th June 2017 - 11:43 I have a doctor’s appointment today. When I remembered at 10:20 and checked my phone I immediately threw myself in the shower getting ready to try to make it to Stirling for 11:00am. I arrived in a panic, sweating and out of breath having run to the... Continue Reading →
Writing Prompt: Write 4 things about yourself that are true and one that's a lie. I believe in an afterlife. I am capable of being happy. I am a good person. I want to live a long and happy life. I stopped trying. Truths and a lie. Usually, this is a game. An icebreaker.... Continue Reading →
Three times I've met you in the last year and each time, I am incredibly glad I had the notion to do so. The more time I spend around you, the more time I want to spend around you. Hours in your company never quite seem like enough time and even the topics which might... Continue Reading →
Written on - Tuesday, 7 August 2018 - 14:15 I have experienced many types of pain this year. The pain of losing a job I love. The stress and anxiety that comes from being unemployed. The fear of the unknown. The challenge that is finding a new purpose. An illness that floored me for... Continue Reading →
Written on Sunday, 13 May 2018 I still can’t shake a feeling that has consumed me for a while. It is a sense of impending doom. Dread which lies in the pit of my stomach, gnawing at me from the inside out. I live the life I have so far lived, as but a dreamer would.... Continue Reading →
0 years 8 months 11 days 3 hours 26 minutes 11 seconds or 0.6 years or 8.3 months or 36.3 weeks or 254.1 days or 6,099.4 hours or 365,966.1 minutes or 21,957,971 seconds New Beginnings. Bitter Ends. Not just a lover,... Continue Reading →
One year ago today, I was at the very beginning of a mental breakdown that led me to write this. I shared it on Facebook at the time, but the words seem so powerful still that I wanted to share them again. This time as a reflection, and a reminder of where I have come... Continue Reading →
I just pressed 'Send'. I’ve been putting this off since January. I kept finding things I ‘needed to do’ first. After a while I realised I had written it time and time again in my head. I was putting it off because until I pressed send there was always the possibility that I could get... Continue Reading →
A politician may occasionally say one thing but do another. When a shark invites you into the water and promises to teach you to swim. You are responsible for believing the shark. If the shark chooses to turn round and bite you as soon as you get in the water, the blame is as much... Continue Reading →
