Why I’ll never again wonder what’s wrong with me
This morning, I watched a TED talk by Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code. It came with a warning that it might make me cry, but I didn’t actually think it would. And then it did. Boys come to me when their code doesn’t work [a computer science...Body positive – and proud
Recently I stumbled across this incredible lady – Megan of bodyposipanda. Megan posts gorgeous images and messages around the theme of loving your body exactly as it is. This is body positivity, and it has its roots in rebelling against the incessant thin =...Why I cry less these days
Reading an awesome post by my lovely friend Gemma (and don’t let her fool you – she flew to my rescue back when she barely knew me, and she is an amazing friend), something stirred, reading her words about crying. If you knew me before the age of 26, you...Dreams, impatience and those what-ifs that haunt me
I’m so impatient. I can’t wait for the life of my dreams to unfold before me, magically brought into being by the force of my wanting. Browsing the blogs and Pinterest boards I follow, I know what tugs at me and makes my heart sing, what I long to do and...Unusual compliments
This week I have been complimented by several people, which is always lovely. But not on the things I thought I wanted to be complimented on. Instead, people have admired my drive, my gumption and my chosen path. This floored me somewhat, as I rarely feel like...
She weaves stories into photographs which could have walked off the pages of a book, and which invite you to find your own stories within them.
Living and working on the north Essex coastline (which suits her mermaid heart), her work pulls together memory, imagination and wonder.