Masters…here I come I have been asked a question. “Why is learning important to you and how has it impacted your life?” All I have ever wanted to do is get somewhere in life. I know that people have obstacles in the way as they go through life but for me, it feels like I…
Thankful..Grateful…Blessed
So that’s it…2018 nearly over and done with. It’s been an amazing year with plenty of highs and some lows. 2018 has most definitely been the year that I found my strength to be myself, and I have a feeling that I will need this skill in 2019. As I packed away the Christmas tree…
I’m only human after all.
Been off the radar for a bit. No blogs…no nothing. Its been a stressful few weeks. I am sure it has been for many people. Sometimes when things get on top, I just shrug it off and keep going. Other times I can’t. Simple as that. Every year there is some kind of drama that…
A women’s worth…
I had a nice little blog being written up this afternoon. I was going to speak about the good things going on. It was the last day of term today and I had this nice blog about some of the young people I work with. Then I see the murder of Natalie Connolly everywhere. AT…
Chant or not to chant …. That is the question.
2018 has been a year of enlightenment for me. I am fully aware of how cheesy that may sound, but I have no other way of explaining it. I have faced a few of my fears this year and achieved many things, things I never thought I would. I feel like things are starting to…
Anger…
I have used the image of inside out because it’s one of the best representations of how I think my brain works. I have had quite a few psychologist and assessments. I have had lots of people talk to me about me. But watching the film inside out…better than any professional assessment I have had…
DA and me….
Tomorrow is that last day of #16DaysOfActivism were we speak out against the abuse and violence of women. I have typed and retyped todays blog. Going from experiences and stories of violence and abuse of women. Telling my mums story, talking about what I have seen and heard in my job. But really, I am…
“Are you the lady that fights for us”.
#16DaysOfActivism The story I said I would never tell. A few years ago, I worked with a girl, we will call her Gemma. When I met Gemma, she was 13 years old. She was in care, as were all her sisters and her mum still lived in the local area. Gemma had gone onto care…
#16DaysOfActivism: My first memory of violence against women
16 days of Activism is an awareness campaign that runs from the 25th November to the 10th of December. It helps to spread awareness of the Violence women and girls experience. It’s a move to break the silence of abuse and to speak for those who cannot. Filia have put me as their day 8…
Zombie knife…and what!
I sat with a 14-year-old boy this week who is being sent to a PRU. This boy has a long history of different things that have had a negative impact on his life including neglect, family involved with gangs, undiagnosed needs. The list is endless. He is being sent to PRU because he carried a…
Out of the Shadows 