Living with breast cancer in my twenties

An exciting new chapter in my life is about to begin. But first I will start from where I left off. Since I last wrote back in October, I’ve been concentrating on my health and my business. I’ve been resting my knees, had lots of acupuncture, given up binge drinking, and worked hard on building up my online vintage clothing business. Autumn last year was the most beautiful I can ever remember. The weather was perfect - blue skies and lovely warm temperatures. The colours of the trees were so vivid, so many shades of oranges and reds, all popping out like I’d never seen before. I didn’t do much walking to begin with, but I did venture out to explore different parts of East Sussex and Kent. I always seemed to discover places that reminded me of North West America. (America was so much on my mind, I’d come across these places like they were manifestations). Even friends thought I was back over there after posting photos on Instagram. This time of year had always been my favourite. It ...

Wow it's been over two years since I wrote my last blog post. So much has happened! Theres been two moves, three trips abroad, weddings, big birthdays, good news, bad news! I guess I will start where I left off. After Thailand, my accident and recovery I moved into a friends amazing seafront apartment which was in a building called Palace Court. It was a hotel in the 1800's and has appeared in the vampire movie Byzantium. Anyone that knows me well knows I'm a huge horror and vampire movie fan so I loved the idea of living here. I was lucky enough to be paying cheap rent so I decided to quit my bar job as I'd had enough and I wanted to concentrate on my business as it had been a while since I had really done anything with it. Before I moved I had found a space up for rent in an antiques yard. Id always wanted a little shop again and this was perfect so I asked my friend who was a vintage collector if she'd be up for sharing. I was very excited about this and the ti...