[Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!]
Today’s post is a little lighter-hearted than the last one I published and it is a story I really enjoy recollecting. It is one I have shared time and time again with many armed forces personnel in my letters to cheer them up and give them a few memories when they are away from home on deployments. Interestingly, it is one story that always receives replies with crying-laughing emojis! Whether you just fancy a pick me up, to indulge in some Schadenfreude or are a lover of the outdoors, this is probably right up your street with a few laughs thrown in so kick back, take five and enjoy! Continue Reading
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Mental Health & Well-BeingMilitaryRelationships Below the Surface
[Photo: free image iStock_GOWIII_Texture.] Alone in my dimmed room with just the glow of my salt lamp to my right, I sit and stare at the half-eaten bowl of…
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CareerMental Health & Well-BeingMilitary Khaki Green fingers and Tiny Veteran Houses
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CareerMental Health & Well-BeingPerspectivesReligion What is the Meaning of Life?
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[Photo: free image iStock_000016803634Large.] I have an aunt who has battled years of anorexia and been admitted numerous times to hospital for it, my mum and sister have tended towards…
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CareerNewsPerspectives White Privilege
Welcome to 2019. We live in a world of hashtag trends and keyboard warriors ranting on social media about injustices and racism. And this is a blog post that…
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FamilyFriendsMental Health & Well-BeingPartnersPerspectivesRelationships Why walking away is making us assholes.
I’ve got nothing against Craig David, I actually like this song and I feel it is a good fit to go with today’s post. Today’s blog post comes from an…
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[Photo: Book vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com] I’ve read many books over the years and some stick vividly in my mind, some I remember little snippets and details and…
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Reading List What I’m reading in 2019
I love to read. I am a book worm, a word nerd and a linguist. From a young age, I have had my nose buried in books of all genres…
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[Photo: Banner vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com] We have been created to love each other, to help each other, and to heal each other If there is one thing my…
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CulturePerspectivesTravel Isis and I
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Love & SexMental Health & Well-BeingPartnersRelationships Unrequited Love
[Photo: free image iStock_000021076536Illustra] Unrequited love Yea. That. If you’ve been through it or are going through it, you’ll know it’s pretty shit. Most of us have been through it…
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[Photo: free image iStock_000015634604Large.] Do you ever feel like a hamster running in a wheel and suddenly someone jams a stick in the spokes and you come to an abrupt…
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EntertainmentPerspectivesTravel Once upon a trip to Bristol
Do you ever have those days where everything just goes tits up? I mean, where nothing goes right and you just want to stop, crawl back into bed and hide…
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PerspectivesTravel Goodbye Karl Marx Stadt (Chemnitz)
(Photo taken by yours truly in 2006 when I first arrived. This Karl Marx Monument measures 13 metres high and weighs 40 tonnes and is the second largest monument of…
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FamilyNewsPerspectivesRelationships My dad is Donald Trump
Image Source from storypick.com As I scanned the bookshop today searching for something interesting to read about relationships, people, psychology etc. I was drawn to a book jacket with President…
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All Things BritishCulturePerspectivesTravel American girl trapped in a British body?
With parents who were and are loyal fans of the US with a flagpole in the back garden flying the American flag, a dad who worked for an American company,…
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Love & SexPartnersPerspectivesRelationships It starts with a confession
[Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] Today’s blog post is about moving forward. About taking action and moving forward. I’ve been stuck in my own head for a couple…
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CultureEntertainmentHealth & BeautyMental Health & Well-BeingPerspectivesSeasonalTravel Once upon a German sauna …
[Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] As a volunteer Angel with the American charity Soldiers’ Angels I regularly write letters and cards to the troops to help take their…
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CulturePerspectivesRelationships You‘re just not listening
[Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] I have a lot to say. I could talk for Britain if you let me. But hardly anyone does and this, in the…