Stitch This – Page 2 – me. nobody to be.

Mirror

Here’s something to ponder…how much of your personality has been sacrificed on the alter of acceptance? How much did you silence your inner voice to fit in, to belong, to be liked. There’s a lot I see written recently about the pressure on the female of this,species to be liked. How our behaviours are molded…

August 28, 2023
Finders keepers

Referred to in my earlier post..April 2013 to be exact,….I found one of my soft play poems…. Soft play is a misnomer It really tests your mettle A sea of screaming offspring Make you reach for the gin not the kettle My boys seem to love it They’re having a ball They shriek as they…

August 21, 2023
Lens

I have been looking back through this blog…ostensibly to find a poem I wrote about the anarchy of soft play. Still haven’t found it but in the meantime I have had the chance to relive many moments and reassess my reactions now and then to what was going on. My first thoughts are that I…

July 28, 2023
Exit stage left

So tonight I went to Paul Mayhew-Archer’s one man show based on his experiences of having Parkinsons. He was brilliant and I got the chance to also congratulate him on the podcast Movers and Shakers that he is a panel member of. He made me laugh (doh) but he also made me cry when he…

June 2, 2023
Sense

Regular readers (helloooo) will know that I am no stranger to counseling. I am a massive fan of talking therapies. They have helped me identify my behaviours, deal with traumas and manage my now. Understanding why I respond the way I do is so valuable and I have come a long way in the years…

May 16, 2023