Pick Me Up! Special September 2022

September special As the long summer nights start to draw to a close, make the most out of the sunshine and enjoy a jam-packed September. Make a list of everything you want to achieve, as well as making sure the family are ready for the new school term that is looming. For Anita (pg12) enrolling her son on a new adventure helped him to excel in challenging times. Dribbling the football, and having his own superstar kit, Louis was a natural in no time. So much so, Anita had to keep buying replacement socks for Louis, as he kept burning holes in them from scoring too many epic goals! Having an end target was something road trip couple Sophie and Mark (pg18) had in the forefront of their travelling minds, too. Giving an ambulance some much needed…

September special As the long summer nights start to draw to a close, make the most out of the sunshine and enjoy a jam-packed September. Make a list of everything you want to achieve, as well as making sure the family are ready for the new school term that is looming. For Anita (pg12) enrolling her son on a new adventure helped him to excel in challenging times. Dribbling the football, and having his own superstar kit, Louis was a natural in no time. So much so, Anita had to keep buying replacement socks for Louis, as he kept burning holes in them from scoring too many epic goals! Having an end target was something road trip couple Sophie and Mark (pg18) had in the forefront of their travelling minds,…

Applying my makeup, I was a bag of nerves. ‘He thinks you’re really fit,’ my cousin Allanis, 21, beamed. She had been telling me all about Greg Sutherland, 32. ‘You’ll like him,’ she said. It was July 2015, and we were getting ready for a party that Allanis was hosting, sipping on glasses of wine before all the guests arrived. Allanis had mentioned Greg before, after she met him through a friend. ‘He saw you on your picture on Facebook and said you’re pretty,’ she told me. That evening, when Greg walked into the party, I blushed. ‘Hi, I’m Serena,’ I shouted over the music. ‘I know,’ he winked. Greg was very attentive. He was 10 years older than me and it made him seem very mature. Almost immediately after…

Applying my makeup, I was a bag of nerves. ‘He thinks you’re really fit,’ my cousin Allanis, 21, beamed. She had been telling me all about Greg Sutherland, 32. ‘You’ll like him,’ she said. It was July 2015, and we were getting ready for a party that Allanis was hosting, sipping on glasses of wine before all the guests arrived. Allanis had mentioned Greg before, after she met him through a friend. ‘He saw you on your picture on Facebook and said you’re pretty,’ she told me. That evening, when Greg walked into the party, I blushed. ‘Hi, I’m Serena,’ I shouted over the music. ‘I know,’ he winked. Greg was very attentive. He was 10 years older than me and it made him seem very mature. Almost immediately after we met, we were joined at the hip. He lived with his mum…