A vulture picking at a skeleton long wiped clean; grief still lingers, stuck in the crevices between my ribs, and the connective tissue between my knees and elbows.
A cemetery full of wandering souls, my chest is bursting with the memories of those I’ve lost. I used to write poems…
The dead don’t keep track of years, anniversaries or milestones. They don’t age, they don’t count the years that they were alive, and they’re not keeping track of the time they’ve been gone.
That’s a job for the living.
Do you know what else is a job for the living…
In the UK, one in four of us will experience some kind of mental health challenge every year. For some, it’ll be brief, perhaps a spell of anxiety as their everyday takes a tumble through the washing machine of life. …
When you’re deciding what to buy, is the decision purely financial for you? Are you impulsive, quickly making a snap-judgement? Or do you take other values into account?
Personally, I make decisions somewhat quickly and it’s very rarely based on finances, although they obviously factor in. For me, I feel…
My sister is pregnant, and she’s having a baby girl.
At first, she was elated, she had big plans and dreams for how this tiny bundle of joy would grow up to be proud of her body, to think and feel positively about who she is. My sister has so…
If you’ve been asking yourself this question for a little while, then here’s the answer:
you should start here. You should start now.
Between a changing work situation, a home life in flux and a worldwide pandemic, the regular self doubt that I think we all feel, overpowered me and…
It’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I…
When I was eighteen, one of my oldest friends died. I’d known Jamie since primary school and suddenly, he was gone. He was epileptic and he’d had a seizure, hitting his head and dying. Just like that. He was just gone.
I was already sad, lost and confused but losing…
‘Well, my dad just won’t get a Christmas present and that’s fine, that’s on me.’
Scott, my partner, is prone to big, sweeping dramatic statements. This statement about his dad not getting a Christmas present this year is one I’ve heard before, in fact, this is the third Christmas in…
This is the second year of running our little business and what a second year it has been! We kicked off the year being recognised as a Plastic-Free Business Champion by Surfers Against Sewage and also found out that we had been nominated for a Green Business of the Year…
