I was super excited to be invited by Crohns and Colitis UK to attend the #GetYourBellyOut 2nd birthday ball with them. As it was Timm’s birthday, he came along too! #GetYourBellyOut is a great group who raise money for CCUK and awareness of life with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. To join in the campaign, all you […]
I reviewed the Riksack recently for Stomaworks, it’s a product to help users change an ostomy bag with less mess and more ease. Take a look… Sam xx Disclaimer: I was not paid for this review but did receive the product for free.
I am coming to the end of my fifth day wearing a sea sponge tampon and I am humming the theme tune to Spongebob Squarepants as I write up perhaps one of the oddest products I have ever reviewed. Sea sponge tampons are a reusable, eco friendly alternative to regular disposable tampons and I was […]
I’m feeling pretty down today and it’s because I feel really disappointed. My mum said earlier something that struck me, “you throw yourself into things and people 100% and then you’re disappointed when others don’t do the same.” I think she’s right and I think that’s my problem rather than other people’s. I am an […]
There are 150 million disabled children in the world, yet so few toys that represent them. One campaigner thought this was wrong and decided to make a stand against the biggest global toy manufacturers and won. #ToyLikeMe is the brainchild of Rebecca Atkinson, a journalist from London who started the campaign towards ending ‘cultural marginalisation’ and urged Lego and […]
I have this friend called Caroline and without her, I’m fairly certain I wouldn’t have coped in the past few years. She will be super embarrassed and probably tell me off for this post, but I’m going for it anyway! We met 12 years ago when I moved to a new area, I had no […]
If the whole surgery and losing my colon wasn’t quite enough, my body has decided to throw me another curveball in the form of hair loss. It has happened after every surgery to be honest, I think it is something to do with either the General Anaesthetic or perhaps just the trauma of an operation. […]
Dear Mum, Happy Mother’s Day! Just a post to say how grateful I am for everything you do for me and my family and to tell you we all love you very much. No mother and daughter relationship is without it’s bumps and arguments, and ours is the same but I love you lots and […]
Some friends and I joked recently about an upcoming 40th birthday, we laughed at fancy dress ideas of us all in black gowns with dark veils to mourn the loss of her youth (yes, we are all bitches!) but in reality we all said that we are SO much happier in ourselves than when we […]
It was 1995. I was 14. I met him in Meadowhall, he called out to me and said I was beautiful. I was flattered as he was older. If an older man thought I was attractive, then I must be pretty cool, right? He caught my hand as I walked past him and his friends, […]