Pick Me Up!

Talking to the lens, everything that I said seemed to roll off my tongue naturally. And it was a great way to cure the lockdown blues. Needing to shield for most of 2020, due to having a weak immune system after being diagnosed with Behcet’s syndrome and gastroparesis in 2020, my symptoms could be treated but not cured. And it came after suffering from a bout of food poisoning on honeymoon in Turkey with my husband Wayne, now 35, back in 2014, with various harrowing symptoms. So, starting my own YouTube channel, I first wanted to raise awareness of my health condition, instead of just being stagnant. Only, with a back catalogue of amazing trips that me and Wayne had been on in the past, such as New York and beautiful UK staycations, I…

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Here is my baby Rosa at just 10 days old. My beautiful little girl who I thought would never come. Her big brother, who is five years older, loves her so much. Now my life feels complete. Kim Leary, Tarporley This is Ryan and me on holiday in Saint Lucia. We had a volcanic mud bath which is supposed to make you look 10 years younger! Debb Hunt, Nottingham I thought that we had a hot air balloon coming out of our chimney when I stepped outside the other day! It was certainly a funny start to the morning. Katie Gooding, Tidworth STAR LETTER I would love to win my wife Cheryl some flowers. We have been together for 16 years and married almost eight. I am whisking her off to Ireland. Anthony Harvey,…

Bursting through the front door with a blue IKEA bag in tow, I prepared myself for the latest haul of goodies that were going to be laid out in front of me. With her iconic big bun, false lashes and white crocs, my daughter Bethany, then 19, had been collecting home essentials and must-haves for weeks on end, slowly getting ready to fly the nest with her friend in November 2022. So, getting comfortable, me, my hubby Ben, 42, and son Joe, 17, and the dogs, Maisie and Henry, would have to sit through seeing what looked like the entire store of IKEA. And for the last six weeks, it was clear that Bethany was finding her way in the world. Whether she was volunteering at St Giles Animal Rescue Centre, working full-time, playing…

Only, as days turned into weeks, we focused on Bethany’s funeral. However, I just wanted to see Bethany bounding through the door – even Maisie sat waiting at the window for her best friend. Finding out more, the man that had crashed into Bethany friend’s car, Luke Hawkes, drove through a red light, colliding with two cars that had right-of-way. One of those cars was the one that Bethany was in. Only, police revealed that the extent of the collision meant that Bethany wouldn’t have known what had happened – a somewhat sense of relief. Holding Bethany’s funeral on 3 December last year, there were over 200 people there to celebrate the amazing life that our daughter led. With the rugby girls passing the ball to one another before going in, as well as a whistle…

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