Marmalade Skies

I always say thank you but I’m not always grateful.
The truth is that being grateful doesn’t always come naturally. Often gratitude comes as a result of tragedy, leading to a shift in perspective.
My life is fine. I am healthy, my family are healthy, and I always have a home and people who love me to [...]

People love to talk. More specifically – people love to talk about themselves.
This is one thing I have learned from volunteering and spending time chatting with lots of different people (mainly older than me). There are a few who don’t fall into this category, but the large majority do.
It’s understandable. You might not know much [...]

When people ask me about my plans I’m allowed to say ‘I have no idea’.
I still argue with my brother a lot.
I still get mad at my parents for taking his side.
When I tell people I just finished my degree they say ‘you look too young’.
I love the Spice Girls because they were my favourite [...]

On Monday I feel my brain can get overwhelmed with everything I need to do for the week. One reason I like Monday is that I feel I can start from scratch, I haven’t missed any deadlines yet, wasted any days yet and have the whole week ahead of me to finally get everything I [...]

My blog was a stranger to me, yet I told it my deepest thoughts, the worry and words I had never spoken before, the problems I would still never tell anyone else.
Over time this stranger led me to a mass of other strangers – all of which offered me support, let me know I wasn’t [...]