Dear Blondy, I have been thinking about this letter for a long time. The things I would say if I could talk to you back then. A lot of it was angry. I am not sure who I was angry at, but I thought it was you. Why didn’t you run? Why didn’t you fight?…
Welcome to the world of George the Poet…Part 1.
If you know me, I mean like personally know me, then you will know how I feel about George the Poet. I have been listening to Georges work (Can I call him George? I’m just gonna go with it) for a long time now …. I remember the first time I heard George the Poet…
To the professionals that don’t turn a blind eye…
I have seen and heard about some awful practice by professionals that work with children and young people this past month. I have seen so many children being failed in one way or another. Some very close to me others I have read about online or seen on the news. Some of these failings are…
I should not write when I am angry.
I am writing this angry, and I probably shouldn’t. Even though I write my blogs straight from the heart, I should not write when angry. But I am. In the past week I have had so many different interactions with people around fatal stabbings. This week. Some I can talk about and some I can’t….
CSE, Mum and mental health…
13 missed calls from mum First…. I should have never given her the number. Never. But she had found the phone when she was searching my coat, so what was I supposed to do. Say “Na mum, I can’t give you the number, I use this phone to shot crack”. I could have said it…
“Your child has disclosed they have been sexually abused”
The disclosure had happened. This one rocked me a bit. I can’t truly tell you why, but its good to know I can still be shocked and upset by a disclosure. I worry sometimes that you can become desensitised within the child protection arena, so its good to feel that sometimes. To cry about what…
When the police are shook ones….
Where I come from, when people act scared when they shouldn’t they are referred to as “Shook ones”. When I say the police are shook ones, I am not referring to the entire police force. I am referring to the ones that read this blog and at the end say “well, yes, I wouldn’t help…
#shemakesme silent prayer 2019
#SheMakesMe Proud #shemakeme realise that it is possible to achieve what you want no matter what is thrown your way. That resilience is a difficult, but a vital thing to master. That even though things are shit, if you put your head down and plough on something, no matter how little, will give. @JeanHatchet #shemakesme…
Have you heard George’s podcast?
As I work in a school, this week has been hard as its been the first week back. Its been the hardest return I have ever known in terms of my safeguarding role, pile on top of that my studies and being a single mum, come Friday I am sooooo tired. I don’t want to…
#shemakesme 10th September 2019
THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION The 10th of September is world suicide prevention day. Suicide and suicidal thoughts are something that has been part of my life from…. birth, I guess. It is something that has affected my family, my friends, the children, young people, and families that I work with. It took me many…
Out of the Shadows 