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Summer 2019
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Oh, what a summer it has been! Everything else was put onto the back burner for the final preparations of my daughter's wedding to long-time boyfriend Justin. They have been together for twelve years and after two years of planning the moment was finally here.
A little background story on them.
They met in university and after that first introduction, they have been together ever since.
There was a moment that would try the best of partnerships and that was when Justin was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and when they had learned it had spread to his stomach and lungs…the future was not looking good.
The intense chemotherapy put a massive strain on their relationship. But they were strong and this year I am happy to say that Justin has been cancer- free for five years. I figure if they can get through that, then everything else is a breeze.
They bought their first house together in 2018. And in January of this year, we started looking for the perfect wedding dress and found it five months later. You’ll see that I use the word perfect many times…because it was. The day couldn’t have gone better, everything was PERFECT.
The day and night went without a hitch. Some pictures below.
A little background story on them.
They met in university and after that first introduction, they have been together ever since.
There was a moment that would try the best of partnerships and that was when Justin was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and when they had learned it had spread to his stomach and lungs…the future was not looking good.
The intense chemotherapy put a massive strain on their relationship. But they were strong and this year I am happy to say that Justin has been cancer- free for five years. I figure if they can get through that, then everything else is a breeze.
They bought their first house together in 2018. And in January of this year, we started looking for the perfect wedding dress and found it five months later. You’ll see that I use the word perfect many times…because it was. The day couldn’t have gone better, everything was PERFECT.
The day and night went without a hitch. Some pictures below.
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April 9, 2019
As you all know I have a cat, that is literally as mad as a hatter. She is a domestic cat who doesn’t go outdoors, but she has a frequent visitor who sits on the other side of the window and teases the he*ll out of my Molly. It’s hysterical the way they scratch at each other on the glass. Molly spits and scratches and the other cat just sits and watches her as if to say ‘stupid cat’ it is so funny to watch.
I love my Molly, best thing I ever did was get her. She’s been a friend when I’ve needed one, my comedic partner, and she doesn’t answer back!!
I love my Molly, best thing I ever did was get her. She’s been a friend when I’ve needed one, my comedic partner, and she doesn’t answer back!!
Staring contest!
Molly relaxing.
March 3, 2019
My Mum Passed Away
My Mum Passed Away
My mum passed away today peacefully with all her family around her at 08.02 am. That can I say, it’s literally heartbreaking to lose someone who has been with you for fifty-seven years, and I can’t quite believe that I’m never going to see her again.
She was an amazing woman whose strength was incredible. She met my dad while she was in the army, they got married and had me a year later. I have three sisters so we were a big family.
Unfortunately mum and dad divorced in 1980. My mum never re-married, I think she still loved my dad…who knows!
Mum had a brain hemorrhage in 1993. It was so severe that she almost didn’t survive. Three surgeries to place a clip in her brain left her a different woman. I remember the surgeon telling me that it was like someone going into a library and mixing all the books up and then sorting them all out and placing the books back on the correct shelf.
Mum was kind, generous, beautiful and loved by us all till the end.
She was an amazing woman whose strength was incredible. She met my dad while she was in the army, they got married and had me a year later. I have three sisters so we were a big family.
Unfortunately mum and dad divorced in 1980. My mum never re-married, I think she still loved my dad…who knows!
Mum had a brain hemorrhage in 1993. It was so severe that she almost didn’t survive. Three surgeries to place a clip in her brain left her a different woman. I remember the surgeon telling me that it was like someone going into a library and mixing all the books up and then sorting them all out and placing the books back on the correct shelf.
Mum was kind, generous, beautiful and loved by us all till the end.
Mum with my sisters Michelle and Tracey.
Dad, Tracey, Michelle, Me and Mum.
January 2019 Me, Mum, Tracey and Emma in the front.
The last picture of Mum and me together.
January 2019
The Wedding Dress Has Been Picked!
The Wedding Dress Has Been Picked!
This is going to be a busy year. My daughter is getting married August 2, 2019. The dress has been picked!!
December 2018
My Latest Publication
My Latest Publication
The publication of my latest book and last in the series- Always and Forever Until The End of Time.
This is my fifteenth book since I was first published in 2012.
I am so surprised each and every time I’m published, and that feeling of accomplishment never leaves me. It’s Christmas Time, one of my favorite tines of the year. Love family time, love the cold weather and love the excitement of it all. One year I will definitely knock visiting New York at this time of year with my daughter from my bucket list.
This is my fifteenth book since I was first published in 2012.
I am so surprised each and every time I’m published, and that feeling of accomplishment never leaves me. It’s Christmas Time, one of my favorite tines of the year. Love family time, love the cold weather and love the excitement of it all. One year I will definitely knock visiting New York at this time of year with my daughter from my bucket list.
My sister Michelle and I.
My daughter at the front, and then from left to right, my sister Michelle, me and my niece Chloe.
Red nails.
I made Christmas cakes for the family!
August 2018
Back Surgery
This month is humongous for me because I went into the hospital for major surgery on my back. Three replacement discs, six screws, and two metal plates are now embedded in my back. Was it painful? Oh my god, it was agonizing, still is eight months later. This was meant to be one of the biggest operations I’ve ever had on my back, and oh boy it certainly was.
Has it taken away the severe pain and difficulty in walking I had before…no it hasn’t and in fact, it’s more painful and I’m on more pain medications than ever!
There is no one more disappointed than me because this was meant to be the best decision of my life, a new me, I'd is able to go for a walk without a walking stick and having to stop every five minutes because I was in so much pain. I was supposed to be able to do things I’ve only dreamed about. But as the months pass by, and the pain doesn’t get any better… I’m deflated, annoyed and my everlasting strength and perseverance gets less and less.
I just want to be able to go for a walk, lift my new grandson/daughter to be and just enjoy my life.
Has it taken away the severe pain and difficulty in walking I had before…no it hasn’t and in fact, it’s more painful and I’m on more pain medications than ever!
There is no one more disappointed than me because this was meant to be the best decision of my life, a new me, I'd is able to go for a walk without a walking stick and having to stop every five minutes because I was in so much pain. I was supposed to be able to do things I’ve only dreamed about. But as the months pass by, and the pain doesn’t get any better… I’m deflated, annoyed and my everlasting strength and perseverance gets less and less.
I just want to be able to go for a walk, lift my new grandson/daughter to be and just enjoy my life.
July 2018
The Hunt for Wedding Dresses
The Hunt for Wedding Dresses
My daughter and her fiancé are getting married next year, August 2, 2019 is the big day, and the hunt for wedding dresses has started.
I’m exhausted just thinking about it. I know my daughter and I will probably take a few hundred fittings before we get the right one, but I’m looking forward to helping Emma search for the perfect dress, because of course nothing but the best for the best daughter a mum could wish for.
I will let you know when we find the perfect one.
I’m exhausted just thinking about it. I know my daughter and I will probably take a few hundred fittings before we get the right one, but I’m looking forward to helping Emma search for the perfect dress, because of course nothing but the best for the best daughter a mum could wish for.
I will let you know when we find the perfect one.
May 2018
Oreo's Mishap
Oreo's Mishap
This month was filled with horror as my sister's cat got caught in a trap. Oreo had been missing for a couple of nights and my sister and her family spent two days looking for him, but to no avail. They were devastated and his brother Mystofolees was so distraught.
Then my sister got a phone call from her vets, someone had brought Oreo into the surgery. He was in a bad way. He’d been found with a trap attached to his leg. It was touch and go whether he would survive.
Oreo lost his leg, had infection after infection, and they nearly lost him twice…but I’m happy to say that he is on the mend. He’s the fastest three-legged cat around, and can climb fences, and jump walls. Here is Oreo.
Then my sister got a phone call from her vets, someone had brought Oreo into the surgery. He was in a bad way. He’d been found with a trap attached to his leg. It was touch and go whether he would survive.
Oreo lost his leg, had infection after infection, and they nearly lost him twice…but I’m happy to say that he is on the mend. He’s the fastest three-legged cat around, and can climb fences, and jump walls. Here is Oreo.
February 2018
It's a Cat's Life
It's a Cat's Life
Last year I made the big decision to have a cat. And so Molly appeared into my life like a ray of sunshine. So tiny and timid, but yet bravely independent, and from that second on she has become one of the best things I did in 2017.
Almost a year old she has her own personality, bossy, loving and so very playful. I'ts nothing for me to wake up with her toys on my face while she tries to prise my eyes open with her paw.
She scared the life out of me the first time she did that, Molly's face was so close to mine I could feel her breath on my skin.
Now I can't imagine being without her.
Almost a year old she has her own personality, bossy, loving and so very playful. I'ts nothing for me to wake up with her toys on my face while she tries to prise my eyes open with her paw.
She scared the life out of me the first time she did that, Molly's face was so close to mine I could feel her breath on my skin.
Now I can't imagine being without her.
Daughter's Engagement
April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017 this year my daughter's boyfriend Justin proposed to my daughter Emma while they were on holiday in Thailand. I was ecstatic and Justin asked my permission before he did it.
Keeping it to myself was almost impossible and when he finally popped the question I had a phone call from a very excited and happy daughter. It was such a romantic setting, and I know Emma will never forget the lovely meal overlooking the beautiful waters of Thailand where her boyfriend of nine years proposed.
Justin and Emma deserve the happiness as they have been through such a lot. Her boyfriend who is still recovering from testicular cancer and went through horrendous chemotherapy and it was life-changing in so many ways. The strain on their relationship could be seen. But the strength of there loves got them through and now Justin is in remission.
I hope that they will both be very happy, keeping their love strong and full of smiles,always and forever..
Keeping it to myself was almost impossible and when he finally popped the question I had a phone call from a very excited and happy daughter. It was such a romantic setting, and I know Emma will never forget the lovely meal overlooking the beautiful waters of Thailand where her boyfriend of nine years proposed.
Justin and Emma deserve the happiness as they have been through such a lot. Her boyfriend who is still recovering from testicular cancer and went through horrendous chemotherapy and it was life-changing in so many ways. The strain on their relationship could be seen. But the strength of there loves got them through and now Justin is in remission.
I hope that they will both be very happy, keeping their love strong and full of smiles,always and forever..
July 19, 2014
Landing in Washington Dulles is something I've done over the last five years of travelling to America but I've never had to change flights before. I'm quite a nervous flyer and this was a daunting task for me. I am totally useless at finding places... I mean I've lived on Anglesey for over forty years and I still get lost and its only 26 miles in diameter so you get the picture about my sense of direction. On landing I was in contact with my friend Dianne and I had said that I might go for a walk and she told me that it might be best if I just sit tight...she knows me to well!
So a seven and a half hour lay over should be enough time for anyone to get to where they are meant to be...you'd think! No, no not me I not only got lost several times but the airline kept changing my gate number so I had to keep getting a shuttle to the different departure gates.
I made it onto the small flight with just a minute to spare, As I walked out onto the tarmac and saw how tiny it was my heart sank to my feet and beyond, and to top all of that there was thunder and lightning.
Needless to say it was a bumpy ride!
So a seven and a half hour lay over should be enough time for anyone to get to where they are meant to be...you'd think! No, no not me I not only got lost several times but the airline kept changing my gate number so I had to keep getting a shuttle to the different departure gates.
I made it onto the small flight with just a minute to spare, As I walked out onto the tarmac and saw how tiny it was my heart sank to my feet and beyond, and to top all of that there was thunder and lightning.
Needless to say it was a bumpy ride!
August 10, 2014
Jet-lag is a word that I hate and the older I get the harder it is to get over it. One week later and I'm still feeling the effects of twenty-four hours of international travelling and five hour differences. I've just about caught up with the laundry and coming home to a house that never looks like how I left it...clean and tidy.
Ah-well the dogs were really pleased to see me and so were my family despite the teasing that they would have to behave now that I was home...really that will be a first hahaha!
Life very falls back into a routine of work and doing all the things before I left and very quickly it seems like a lifetime since I stayed in America and floated in the pool with weather in the nineties, margaritas and delicious food. Although frozen Margaritas are becoming a favorite drink of mine.
Jet-lag is a word that I hate and the older I get the harder it is to get over it. One week later and I'm still feeling the effects of twenty-four hours of international travelling and five hour differences. I've just about caught up with the laundry and coming home to a house that never looks like how I left it...clean and tidy.
Ah-well the dogs were really pleased to see me and so were my family despite the teasing that they would have to behave now that I was home...really that will be a first hahaha!
Life very falls back into a routine of work and doing all the things before I left and very quickly it seems like a lifetime since I stayed in America and floated in the pool with weather in the nineties, margaritas and delicious food. Although frozen Margaritas are becoming a favorite drink of mine.
September 25, 2014
Wow where has this month gone? I feel like I'm on a whirlwind and that holiday to America I had in July is just a memory and I need to have another break away from the everyday lunacy that is my life.
Three new Christmas stories being released in November has kept me busy with edits...edits...and even more edits! I'm seeing double and it's not because of the small amount of alcohol I've sipped or slurped!
September has been a trying time with an infestation of viruses...I kid you not when I tell you I walked around with a mask over my face much to the hilarity of my family.
I also took my mum away for an overnight stay in Liverpool, Emma my daughter came as well just to keep us in line...well those were her words! We had lovely food and wine in Frankie&Benny's followed by a shopping day in Chester. Now that my mum is getting on in years she finds it hard to walk so Emma and I had great fun pushing her around in a wheelchair...it was a fun time away one which we should do more often but off course never have time.
Wow where has this month gone? I feel like I'm on a whirlwind and that holiday to America I had in July is just a memory and I need to have another break away from the everyday lunacy that is my life.
Three new Christmas stories being released in November has kept me busy with edits...edits...and even more edits! I'm seeing double and it's not because of the small amount of alcohol I've sipped or slurped!
September has been a trying time with an infestation of viruses...I kid you not when I tell you I walked around with a mask over my face much to the hilarity of my family.
I also took my mum away for an overnight stay in Liverpool, Emma my daughter came as well just to keep us in line...well those were her words! We had lovely food and wine in Frankie&Benny's followed by a shopping day in Chester. Now that my mum is getting on in years she finds it hard to walk so Emma and I had great fun pushing her around in a wheelchair...it was a fun time away one which we should do more often but off course never have time.
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October 3, 2014
At the moment I'm busy getting my three Christmas stories ready for publication in November. I'm so excited as this is the first time I've written a seasonal book. They're short at twenty thousand words a piece and that was so hard for me to do. I've only ever written full length novels so it took a little bit of working out mathematically.
I'm very pleased with how they've turned out and one of them is a prequel to a new series of books I'll be penning next year.
I'm also hoping to finish Seduced By His Desire the third and final book of The Lost Sisters series by Christmas ready for a 2015 publication date.
In between all that I'm trying to carry on with the dreaded task of thinking up meals everyday for my family, working and trying to live a life that is very full. The one thing I don't let anything get in my way is yoga, pilates and the treadmill these all keep me sane and my back mostly pain free. Meditating for ten minutes everyday is my way of breathing out all my stresses at the end of the day ready to start another full day.
I'm thankful for another day of my life in which I'm amazingly lucky to live and I always understand that yesterday is a memory, today is for living and tomorrow is a gift!
At the moment I'm busy getting my three Christmas stories ready for publication in November. I'm so excited as this is the first time I've written a seasonal book. They're short at twenty thousand words a piece and that was so hard for me to do. I've only ever written full length novels so it took a little bit of working out mathematically.
I'm very pleased with how they've turned out and one of them is a prequel to a new series of books I'll be penning next year.
I'm also hoping to finish Seduced By His Desire the third and final book of The Lost Sisters series by Christmas ready for a 2015 publication date.
In between all that I'm trying to carry on with the dreaded task of thinking up meals everyday for my family, working and trying to live a life that is very full. The one thing I don't let anything get in my way is yoga, pilates and the treadmill these all keep me sane and my back mostly pain free. Meditating for ten minutes everyday is my way of breathing out all my stresses at the end of the day ready to start another full day.
I'm thankful for another day of my life in which I'm amazingly lucky to live and I always understand that yesterday is a memory, today is for living and tomorrow is a gift!
December 9, 2014
Does everybody run around like a headless chicken at this time of year or is it just me? I like to be organised and hate it when I'm not. My OCD tendencies drive me mad. I wish I could be lackadaisical and just vedge out...but I can't. For me everything has to be perfect and off course I am the only one that can make it that way.I find the older I get the more habitual my mindset for exactness prevails all else. Christmas to me represents a time of year where I get the chance to spoil everyone around me and oh how much I love to do that. Off course it is a time to remember all those who aren't with us any more and a time to be thankful for all that is around you.
I listened to a program on the radio the other day about homelessness at this time of year and the crazy amount of children that are on the streets with no-where to go. Imagine waking up on Christmas morning on your own with out a place to go. No tree, no presents. It breaks my heart and I wish I could take them all into my home. But I can't so I do other things that might help. Taking food to the bank...wrapping a Christmas present for an unknown child.
I realise how lucky my own children are and my nieces and nephews and I'm thankful for everything I have.
Okay onto marzipaning my Christmas cakes, wrapping presents, writing cards and get off all the media sights because *oh yes I have a deadline*
I took my mum and daughter to the Christmas market in Chester...here are a few pictures.
Does everybody run around like a headless chicken at this time of year or is it just me? I like to be organised and hate it when I'm not. My OCD tendencies drive me mad. I wish I could be lackadaisical and just vedge out...but I can't. For me everything has to be perfect and off course I am the only one that can make it that way.I find the older I get the more habitual my mindset for exactness prevails all else. Christmas to me represents a time of year where I get the chance to spoil everyone around me and oh how much I love to do that. Off course it is a time to remember all those who aren't with us any more and a time to be thankful for all that is around you.
I listened to a program on the radio the other day about homelessness at this time of year and the crazy amount of children that are on the streets with no-where to go. Imagine waking up on Christmas morning on your own with out a place to go. No tree, no presents. It breaks my heart and I wish I could take them all into my home. But I can't so I do other things that might help. Taking food to the bank...wrapping a Christmas present for an unknown child.
I realise how lucky my own children are and my nieces and nephews and I'm thankful for everything I have.
Okay onto marzipaning my Christmas cakes, wrapping presents, writing cards and get off all the media sights because *oh yes I have a deadline*
I took my mum and daughter to the Christmas market in Chester...here are a few pictures.
February 5, 2015
Where has the time gone since Christmas? It seem to have passed in a whiz of finishing books, edits and generally trying to keep on top of everything as I prepare to go into hospital. It seems that after this surgery to have bone graft and fusion on my upper spine I will loose my voice...hurrah I here everyone shout which makes me giggle! But in fact it is a procedure that is a little scary. However that doesn't take away the mountainous amounts of work that I have to do beforehand.
I also lost my little dog Lucy last month which was very upsetting for me and my family. She fell asleep in my arms on January 15th and I miss her dearly.
The weather has been freezing cold at -7. The Snowdonia Mountains were almost perfectly white with snow this morning. I love the frosty air, and the crunch of snow beneath my feet thank goodness for my furry warm boots, because although I love this weather I'm not a fan of being cold and I relish the thought of warm sunshine and hazy long days. The nights are drawing a little lighter and the evening is getting longer.
My mum reached the ripe old age of 75 last month and she still flabbergasts me with her energy and gusto for life. Spending her days helping her dear friend who is 95 this year. Sometimes I think she forgets that she is getting older and rushes around like a woman half her age...she is totally amazing albeit a little eccentric...no lets make that a lot eccentric!!
Where has the time gone since Christmas? It seem to have passed in a whiz of finishing books, edits and generally trying to keep on top of everything as I prepare to go into hospital. It seems that after this surgery to have bone graft and fusion on my upper spine I will loose my voice...hurrah I here everyone shout which makes me giggle! But in fact it is a procedure that is a little scary. However that doesn't take away the mountainous amounts of work that I have to do beforehand.
I also lost my little dog Lucy last month which was very upsetting for me and my family. She fell asleep in my arms on January 15th and I miss her dearly.
The weather has been freezing cold at -7. The Snowdonia Mountains were almost perfectly white with snow this morning. I love the frosty air, and the crunch of snow beneath my feet thank goodness for my furry warm boots, because although I love this weather I'm not a fan of being cold and I relish the thought of warm sunshine and hazy long days. The nights are drawing a little lighter and the evening is getting longer.
My mum reached the ripe old age of 75 last month and she still flabbergasts me with her energy and gusto for life. Spending her days helping her dear friend who is 95 this year. Sometimes I think she forgets that she is getting older and rushes around like a woman half her age...she is totally amazing albeit a little eccentric...no lets make that a lot eccentric!!
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Snowdonia Mountains
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Mum and I
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Picture Diary of My Back Surgery
I had back surgery nearly eleven weeks ago and I'm slowly recovering. It was a lot more painful than I thought it would be, and has certainly taken its toll. I had an ACDF: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion...a mouthful to say. My writing had to take a back seat which has set me at least three months behind my scheduled. I haven't been aloud to drive which has literally driven me mad and I can't wait to get behind the wheel of my Volkswagen Golf.
Slowly getting back into my Pilates and yoga makes me feel a little more human. Thankfully summer will be here soon (I hope) and I will be able to get out and walk more.
Slowly getting back into my Pilates and yoga makes me feel a little more human. Thankfully summer will be here soon (I hope) and I will be able to get out and walk more.
Baking Day!
I'm not a great cook I can put a meal together. However if I didn't have to cook another meal I wouldn't be upset about it. But baking is another matter, I love to bake cakes, pastries, bread, biscuits, it helps me if I'm stressed or worried as I can completely loose myself in what I'm doing.
I have a great ability to loose myself in whatever I'm doing much to the annoyance of my family. Which means we have a lot of meals that are, how shall I say? Burnt! I think I have got to an age where it is not the most important thing in my life to make sure my family has three vegetables and meat on their plate. My children are now in their twenties and quite often at a moment’s notice tell me they aren’t going to be home so I’ve long since learnt that planning meals for everyday (which is what I used to do) is quite simply a waste of time. And to be honest I have far more important things to do and since I became a vegetarian eight years ago the thought of cooking any kind of meat repulses me. So we have a lot of pasta, quorn and salads, and if they don’t like it, tuff! Does that make me sound harsh? Probably! But they would tell you that if I was ask to cook a meal at a moment’s notice I would jump up and do it, so I am full of what they would say ‘all talk and no action’ hahaha. |
What we call a Victoria Sandwich
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Embarrassing June 21, 2015
Putting things in places they shouldn't be is a lifelong occurrence for me, mainly because my mind always seems to be several steps ahead of my limb movements. This causes a lot of falls and bumps, many of which have me laying on a hospital bed. Since I was a child I have always been accident prone, "Somethings haven't changed I hear my family harp on."
So when yesterday as I finished doing the shopping in our local supermarket it is no surprise at all to me that I try to get in the wrong car...The guy sitting in the driver's seat with the shocked look on his face was almost funny had I not been so embarrassed.
With mumbled apologise, and with the mind to just get away I groan when I find my car right next to his. Absolutely mortified I try not to look at him as i start the car up, but I just couldn't resist...He had the most incredible smile on his face, now at what looked like the age of pensioner I don't know if that was with amusement or the thought that I very nearly sat on his knee!!!!
So when yesterday as I finished doing the shopping in our local supermarket it is no surprise at all to me that I try to get in the wrong car...The guy sitting in the driver's seat with the shocked look on his face was almost funny had I not been so embarrassed.
With mumbled apologise, and with the mind to just get away I groan when I find my car right next to his. Absolutely mortified I try not to look at him as i start the car up, but I just couldn't resist...He had the most incredible smile on his face, now at what looked like the age of pensioner I don't know if that was with amusement or the thought that I very nearly sat on his knee!!!!
Love and Life
I asked a male friend of mine ‘What is the definition of a wife’ and in four words he told me:
Love
Protect
Respect
Adore
Many years of being together and he still thinks of his wife in those terms.
It got me to thinking about love and how we depict what that word means “love” we each have a different perspective.
My grandparents were married sixty-two years when my grandma passed away. My happiest memory of them was watching their hands clasped together as they walked down the street at the ages of seventy plus. I always said if I could find a man like my granddad I’d be happy but they don’t make men like him anymore, he was a once in a lifetime mold…
He adored my grandma; you could see it in his eyes every time he looked at her, touched her, the way his eyes twinkled when she did something silly and the way his face lit up when she came into the room. They passed away many years ago, but that kind of love is still fresh in my mind when I think of them.
My job is spent trying to bring that love alive on paper, I hope that I do, as an author I feel it is my responsibility to give woman everywhere a happy ever after…we’re all not as lucky as my grandparents were to have a love that lasted a lifetime.
The old year is about to be gone and a new one upon us. Twelve months seems such a long time, but it’s like the blink of an eye. So much happens, no one can escape we’re all susceptible to the sad things that happen.
When you feel like the world is about to fall on you…give it the finger! Try and remember all the right that is about you and there is always someone out there worse off than you. Those words have got me through some tough times this year.
I prefer to notice the way my children make me smile, the way my mom makes me laugh when she does silly things. I think about my friends and how they pull me through with their kindness.
When you think that you just can’t possibly carry on anymore but find the strength to take that extra step. Yep, 2013 has been a bitch, but it has taught me to stand up for myself, has brought my family close, and those that have had to deal with illness made them stronger and more thankful for what they have.
Humans are amazing; we’re resilient, we know how to survive because we have to…my friends know who they are, they are not the norm they are the exception!
No matter what life brought to you make it the best.
Richness in life.
Prolonged health.
A blessing of wealth.
Love generously.
Love
Protect
Respect
Adore
Many years of being together and he still thinks of his wife in those terms.
It got me to thinking about love and how we depict what that word means “love” we each have a different perspective.
My grandparents were married sixty-two years when my grandma passed away. My happiest memory of them was watching their hands clasped together as they walked down the street at the ages of seventy plus. I always said if I could find a man like my granddad I’d be happy but they don’t make men like him anymore, he was a once in a lifetime mold…
He adored my grandma; you could see it in his eyes every time he looked at her, touched her, the way his eyes twinkled when she did something silly and the way his face lit up when she came into the room. They passed away many years ago, but that kind of love is still fresh in my mind when I think of them.
My job is spent trying to bring that love alive on paper, I hope that I do, as an author I feel it is my responsibility to give woman everywhere a happy ever after…we’re all not as lucky as my grandparents were to have a love that lasted a lifetime.
The old year is about to be gone and a new one upon us. Twelve months seems such a long time, but it’s like the blink of an eye. So much happens, no one can escape we’re all susceptible to the sad things that happen.
When you feel like the world is about to fall on you…give it the finger! Try and remember all the right that is about you and there is always someone out there worse off than you. Those words have got me through some tough times this year.
I prefer to notice the way my children make me smile, the way my mom makes me laugh when she does silly things. I think about my friends and how they pull me through with their kindness.
When you think that you just can’t possibly carry on anymore but find the strength to take that extra step. Yep, 2013 has been a bitch, but it has taught me to stand up for myself, has brought my family close, and those that have had to deal with illness made them stronger and more thankful for what they have.
Humans are amazing; we’re resilient, we know how to survive because we have to…my friends know who they are, they are not the norm they are the exception!
No matter what life brought to you make it the best.
Richness in life.
Prolonged health.
A blessing of wealth.
Love generously.
Weight Loss
Four Stone Weight Loss (56 Pounds)
It's taken me twelve months to loose four stone. I've always been a healthy eater and as a vegetarian very careful about what I eat. However over the years the weight crept on and before I knew where I was I had become a size 16-18, the biggest I'd ever been in my life.How did I do it? I'd like to say healthy eating, yoga,pilates and that is partly true. But most of it was long walks, and separating from my husband of twenty-eight years.
I juice a lot because a most of the time I don't feel like eating and at least I know I am getting sufficient nutrients from the drink. I still do a lot of walking, as much as my bad back allows. I've gone from running five miles a day to only being able to walk less than a mile since my back surgery.
I feel so much better, so much healthier and I love being able to fit into my small jeans and not worrying about the over spill of fat that I had accumulated over the years.
Do I look better? I don't know about that, but I feel more comfortable with myself both mentally and physically.
Juice Drink
Spinach
Kale
Cucumber
Spirulina
Blueberries
Blackberries
Cranberries
Blackcurrants
Strawberries
Raspberries
Fresh Ginger
Banana
Probiotic Yogurt
100% pure juice of your choice. I use cloudy apple( for gallbladder), Pineapple ( for digestive) Blueberry ( for ( vitamin k&c and also magnesium) Cranberry ( for bladder)
Wizz together in blender and you have a healthy drink to set you up for the day
America 2016 (Christmas)
I spent a lovely three weeks in North Carolina with my best friend and her family. We shopped, we laughed, I cried, but I had a fantastic time. Spending Christmas on your own is not something anyone wants to do, but I am lucky enough to have a great family and a friend who took me into her home at a time of year that is predominantly family time. When I was trying to decide what to do, and I said this to her, she said: "Dilys you are my family."
True friendship shows itself in many ways.
I spent a lovely three weeks in North Carolina with my best friend and her family. We shopped, we laughed, I cried, but I had a fantastic time. Spending Christmas on your own is not something anyone wants to do, but I am lucky enough to have a great family and a friend who took me into her home at a time of year that is predominantly family time. When I was trying to decide what to do, and I said this to her, she said: "Dilys you are my family."
True friendship shows itself in many ways.
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