Have you ever stopped to think about what it would be like to lose your sight? I’m a very visual person and can only imagine how devastating it would be. However, recently my sister experienced it first hand when she suddenly went blind in one eye. It started with a tear in her retina – […]

You might have seen on social media that I spent Valentine’s Day in hospital, having surgery. How on earth did I end up in this position?! Out of all my potential health concerns as I’m growing older, breast cancer was never one of them. There is no history of breast cancer in my family, so […]

I’m a writer, so you would think I have an excellent command of the English language. However I’ve been struggling to pinpoint my word for the year for 2023. In fact, when I started writing this post, I still didn’t know what it would be – but there’s something about putting pen to paper (or […]

Everybody jokes that kids suffer from selective hearing loss – meaning they only hear what they want to hear! Ask them to clean up their room while you’re watching TV with them and there will be no response. Yet if you try to sneak some chocolate out of the fridge,  while they are doing something […]