The Impact of a Wee little Fairy Tale… In the days following the publication of my short story, ‘Welcome to BoPovia’, I ended up engaging in a myriad of fascinating and moving conversations with a variety of people. Parents, teachers, children and ladies who, like me, wished we had been given a story like that […]
Once Upon a Time… …there was a young girl, this little girl was a sad little girl, a lonely little girl, a lost little girl and she thought she was an unloved little girl. Her name was Sophie. Sophie’s parents had just recently divorced, so she worried that they had stopped loving her, like, sadly, […]
“Welcome to BoPovia.” The giant, illuminated sign read… Sophie and Sea Mist approached a beautiful, sprawling underwater metropolis, with coloured lights and a magical, glittering aura. As they ventured forward the Mermaids, Mermen and Merpeople, came swimming out to greet them. The Merpeople were a glorious spectrum, all different shapes, colours, sizes and abilities. […]
PSHE Character Day So this week I had my first PSHE “Character” Day at my school, which I planned, organised, sweated and nearly had a second breakdown over. But it was awesome. We had speakers in from The Samaritans and The Kenward Trust drugs charity, doing an amazingly powerful job of getting the kids […]
The late 80s/early 90s For teenage me in the late 80’s, early 90’s there were several influences on my life and feelings. I was entering secondary school. I was shit scared of having to go to BIG SCHOOL, mostly because I was terrified of PE, as well as being a plump little fish in a […]