The Optimistic Orphan

All the good intentions of posting regularly last year fell by the wayside, we had a pretty difficult year from start to finish. Some joy thrown in there - some big achievements and beautiful moments but it would be remiss of me to gloss over quite how difficult things were at times. When I was younger I saw my adult relatives as having their lives together and life being plan sailing - realising that actually most of this was just the view from the outside looking in has ben

The beginning of another new year, and its got me thinking as it does with many of us about things in my life that I have achieved, want...

I am writing this post from my duvet cocoon on the sofa, whilst I mull over the changes that the last few years have brought. My life has...