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As Reality Hits Home

I’ve been a bit quiet with my blogging, and it’s not because I don’t have a lot to say, in fact it is the complete opposite. I feel completely overwhelmed with the situation, at a loss of where to start and what to say first. The situation of this pandemic has hit us all hard. […]

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Dear Bug… My Housing Situation

When I moved back into my family home after four years of being hospitalised, I could think of nothing better than just returning. I was nineteen years old, I had been absent from our family home since I was fifteen. Just being able to be back there sounded like everything I wanted and more. It

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Book Review: Dear Chronic Illness

In ‘Dear Chronic Illness’, Pippa Stacey has compiled letters from sufferers to the diseases that they suffer with. Each person featured, talks to the various conditions that they suffer with, as if they were a person. A lot of chronic illnesses give invisible symptoms, and I found that’s the letters really kept the balance of

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Dear Bug… What a Difference a Decade Makes

I could have quite easily written a blog on this year, because so much of my life has changed in that time. As we come to the end of a decade, I thought it was a perfect time to reflect on more than just a year but how much my whole world has changed. A

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Dear Bug… So You Are Disabled AND a Mother?

Dear Bug… So You Are Disabled AND a Mother? When I first became unwell in 2006, I was embarrassed to use a wheelchair. It reminded me how much my body was failing me, and I felt like everybody was watching me. I only managed to get out in the wheelchair a few times, and most

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Dear Bug… I Am One of The People’s Book Prize Finalists

News alert! Yes, you are reading it right! I am so pleased to announce that A Girl Behind Dark Glasses is one of the finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2019!! It was incredible seeing how much everyone on social media really got behind the book and kept voting. Your support means everything. I wrote

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Dear Bug…The Most Common Question…

DISCLAIMER: Before reading this, please note this is only what worked for me. It might not work for you but I hope you find it helpful. We are now nine weeks into our bundle of joy and I have realised that although I have been talking about Felicity, I haven’t really done a proper full

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A Girl Behind Dark Glasses Reviews… Deep Freeze Patches

I have been suffering with chronic pain for the past fourteen years. For a majority of that time, I have been drugged up on strong painkillers, ranging from opiates to analgesics that ended up messing my body up. The problem was, tethered was always a side effect to having medical pain relief. It started to

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