It always amazes me that people want to hear “my story” because I’m a great believer in dealing with what is thrown at you. Sometimes you don’t have a choice. But then I sit back and think about everything that I’ve dealt with over the past 20-odd years and can see how some people might [...]
The last thing in the world I expected to hear. Almost 7 years ago my dad died. I was flying home to New Zealand to spend time with my nana who was dying of cancer. As I stood outside my office with my suitcase, waiting for my taxi to Melbourne airport, looking forward to my [...]
My school days were not very happy. Some of the girls went around in gangs and picked on people like me. They were physically and mentally abusive and bullied constantly. Consequently, I just learnt to keep my head down. But even as I practiced the art of ‘bunking off’, I still read some amazing books. [...]
Ben and I were sitting at the kitchen table when he blurted out that he had slept with two women while he’d been in California. He explained, “I made a conscious choice to experience great pleasure, to see if I was willing to miss out on this in our marriage. I am not.” He swallowed [...]
“You’re just a mad feminist, cried Mr X, a local defence solicitor. Thank you I replied, you say the nicest things! It had started off as an ordinary day, in the specialist domestic violence court, where I prosecuted most Thursdays. The court had started a few weeks earlier, due to the efforts of a few [...]
I moved into the Cloud Hotel in Brockenhurst in1976 having just married Tom Owton who owned the hotel with his family. I had no idea what hard work it was with long unsociable hours but I had been a dancer in my previous career and I believe it’s the discipline and stamina I had as [...]
My name is Marsha and, according to many of my closest friends, I am completely and utterly crazy! It all began when I soberly decided to run The London Marathon to mark my 40th birthday. I wanted to do something that I would remember, that wouldn’t leave me with a terrible hangover, and, most importantly, [...]
Give me a magic wand!!!!! PLEASE!!…. ……Is what I would plead for every night as I cried myself to sleep. How dare I be so ungrateful when I have 2 beautiful healthy children tucked up in their beds and a loving family to support me! How could I feel SO lonely? Why did I feel like [...]
She’s understated and prefers to not talk about her past but has revealed some information to me after much persuasion, I decided to protect her privacy and not reveal who she is, but I know her story will inspire and offer hope to others. Read on….. In her own words….. Really, I believe I am pretty [...]
There is something so powerful that I have learnt from all my life lessons and that is that it’s truly ok to make mistakes. I have built my life on my past mistakes and am still here, smiling, confident and enjoying a sexy full life. My past mistakes and the ones that I still make [...]
