Up until I was sixteen I had never had hay fever at any level. It started just in time for my GCSE exams. Of course my school was plonked in the middle of fields surrounded by woods. So there was no shortage of pollen around. I heard that you can grow out of hay fever…
Love your liver – Alcohol doesn’t
“Don’t drink” they say, “You’ll damage your liver” they say. What does that even mean??? You may be sitting there supping your drink in a beer goggled bliss. But it won’t last forever. You really don’t know what damage you are doing to yourself. Yes this is a drinking lecture, but it’s not just any…
Trampolining (and visually impaired)
At school many years ago now PE was definitely not my thing. Cold, wet, shorts, losing at everything, hated it. I think we stuck in one activity for half a term and then moved on to something else. So I would have weeks on end of dreading PE. When it was our turn to use…
Back to Nature
I think it is pretty fair to say that I don’t have much luck when it comes to summer. It often involves a visit or two to hospital or just generally being unwell. This has meant that some summers I have not been able to get out and enjoy the weather. Sometimes I have been…
My Lucky List
Today i have been feeling a bit down and somebody suggested that i make a list of things that i am grateful for. I thought this would be a good thing to look back on and keep updated. It is so easy to lose focus on the things we have got, by dwelling on the…
My PTSD Journey – Part 1
For a while now i have been feeling quite unsettled. My moods have been really up and down. Some days waking up feeling mentally exhausted and flying off the handle at the most ridiculous things. Then other days i will wake up full of beans and ready and raring to go. However when I get…
This is me
Hello blog world! You may have seen me around before but this is my first ever very own blog! I have blogged for other people in the past and I still will. But sometimes everything has to fit into a box, or follow a certain theme. Sometimes I don’t want to fit into a box,…
Welcome To Glitter In The Darkness – Thank you for joining me
Hi Everyone! Thank you for taking the time to look at my page. Let’s see how this thing goes. This is just about me, my life, my thoughts and my experiences of living as a visually impaired person in England.
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
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