For anybody who does not know yet, I have some very exciting news. I am getting married! My partner proposed to me on a lovely weekend away in the Peak District. We are getting married in May 2026. The church and venue are both booked, as is our photographer. I started looking for my dress…
Category: Staying Positive
My First Rock Choir Performance
At the beginning of this year (2024) I joined a fabulous choir called Rock Choir. Every Wednesday evening we meet up and sing some amazing pop and rock songs, all well known ones. Each term we learn three new songs which is very exciting. A few weeks ago a really exciting opportunity was announced to…
A Bit of a Diary
Hello everyone. 🙂 I’m not totally sure wether this post is going to be interesting, or just a load of waffle. Either way, it’s what is on my mind. I have got the keyboard bug. I am sat at my desktop computer instead of my phone, and there is just something about tryping away on…
Important Glitter news!
Hi Everyone I’m new to glitter, although I have been mentioned before In some posts by a pseudonym of “the idea guy” – I’m actually the creator of this blog’s partner. Although being a bit of a fan of sci-fy and fantasy things I quite like the pseudonym too! Anyway just thought I’d introduce myself…
Happy 2nd Birthday to Glitter In The Darkness! :D
Wow I can’t believe that I have had my very own blog for two years now! Quite often I have these “brilliant ideas” and they last a few days or weeks, then nothing ever comes of them. I did wonder if my blog would be another one of those things. It sounded like a good…
Coronavirus Diary – Page 17 (Heading towards the finish line, I hope)
Well… I DESPERATELY don’t want to jinx this, but things are starting to look quite positive around here in England. Definitely a lot more positive than things have been before. The vaccines are working their magic and the number of cases are falling. I heard on the news today that things are looking hopeful for…
How Losing Your Sight Can Change Everything
For those of you who don’t know me personally, I started blogging in 2017. At the time I did not have my own blog, but I wrote many posts for my local sight loss charity. I was and still am very passionate about making people aware of the impact that losing your sight can have…
How to Feel a Virtual Hug
Since the pandemic started last year, a hug is something that I don’t think any of us will take for granted again. We used to be able to hug complete strangers at new year and now we can’t even hug our loved ones. This is one of the things that I have struggled with the…
Dressing Positively
A month ago, me and my boyfriend decided to have an online date night for our anniversary. We haven’t been able to see each other for eight months now because of Covid, but we weren’t going to let our special day get missed. So we did everything we could to celebrate without actually seeing each…
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