We’ve had some sad times here in the Spaghetti family over the past couple of years. My father-in-law passed away in July 2021; my mother-in-law, in July 2022 (if she’d lasted just one more day, they would have died exactly a year apart). Since then the husbear and his sister have been busy with the […]
My Lip Story
Perhaps you’ve heard of Liptember (a fundraiser held each September for women’s mental health services) … well this is my Lipstory (Lipstick History)! Like most little girls, my first lipsticks were my mother’s cast-offs, or the tiny lipstick samples courtesy of our local Avon lady. When I started at high school, lip gloss was BIG. […]
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining: My Story
They say that every cloud has a silver lining; that something good can come out of the very darkest times of our lives. This is my story of one such occasion; a look back on an event which left me completely devastated, ten years ago – and how like a phoenix, I’ve been able to […]
Letting My Hair Grow
I love my hair when it’s sitting just above my shoulders – I feel like that’s when it suits me best – and yet you might have noticed, I’ve been letting my hair grow. It wasn’t a conscious decision at first. My last haircut was in October last year, and with so much going on […]