Approximate reading time: 20 min Just warning you, you might need to make some tea….this is gonna be a long one:-) Quite a lot has gone on these last two years so I thought I might do a little catch-up with all that I have been doing with my time. I mentioned in my “The …
Category: Anger
Forgiveness
(Written 26 February 2021) Forgiveness A word A feeling A thought So difficult to explain… Forgiveness A word A feeling A thought Intertwines with Insidious shame… Anger seethes Like a dog gnaws a bone I say “I’m okay” In my head, I throw stones Why was I born With a skin of cellophane Words burn …
Red Hot Shame
Oh My God, I’m on a roll!! 🙂 5th post in 10 days!! It’s amazing how much easier it’s getting to click that little (Could the internal angst be subsiding?) Although that being said….I still don’t share my blog posts on Facebook or Instagram. I used to when I posted a couple of years ago…. …
The Parts of Me
(Written 14th March 2021) I was lying in bed Struggling to get up This overwhelming feeling My heart is shut Anxiety has gripped me Badly this week Poetry has been hiding Refusing to speak Most days I struggle To even meditate I’ve cried so much It’s hard to regulate So, I crawl back into bed …
Anxiety
Hello all, So, on re-editing the old posts that I found in my “Post Graveyard” I found myself a wee bit confused. Wow! I sounded so happy! I said things like “Life was great” and “I have so much to be grateful for“. I just sounded so dam fucking perky! I found a huge part …
The one about the wedding dress…(Continued)
Hello all, I know, I know it feels like Christmas. 3 posts in one week! After 2 years of deathly silence, even I am in shock! Anyway, so my story continues with me now still owning two ‘bloodied’ wedding dresses that I cannot exchange AND apparently I still need to pass “Assertiveness Skills 101!” I …
People-Pleasers Anonymous
Hello All, I realize I said I was going to post one post a month, but then again, when have I EVER been consistent with my words? Truth be told I currently have covid and I’m bored shitless. So I am using the time to productively scour through my graveyard of “Unpublished posts” ….. what …
What I learnt from 6 months of teaching Nursery. (Part 1)
Approximate Reading time – 25min When I signed up with my supply teaching agencies at the beginning of the year, I had two very explicit instructions: No teens, preteens or anything remotely related to teens. (People always comment on how much patience I must have working with children, but let me set the record straight: …
Online Dating – The gloves are off.
I was supposed to have a date tonight. Peter and I chatted a bit last week and then he asked me out. I have to admit I was a little excited by this one. What impressed me the most wasn’t the fact that he asked me out… It was the fact that he then said. …
7minute Rant
I have diligently been “uhum…attempting” for the last few weeks to put together my dyslexia speech for toastmasters. I admit it hasn’t been going well….my biggest struggle is the 7 minute cut-off time that I have to make the speech in. (FYI that’s only about 2 pages of writing. TWO!😤 ). Needless to say, Gayle, Roxy …