Toxic relationships: the lessons I’ve learnt

Toxic relationships are inevitable. Whether it's a friend, a family member, an acquaintance, a partner, or a dearly loved one, unfortunately they are bound to happen and are far too common in today's day and age. Among the sea of smiling faces and rays of sunshine are those who manipulate, control, humiliate, and twist others' …

It’s been a year

Wow. Hi guys. It's been a solid year since the last time I posted. Crazy huh? And I guess this time, it's literally: new year, new me. I'm sorry for those who were worried, I know a lot of people really enjoyed my writing and looked forward to every single one of my posts. I …

Suicide: is it really taken seriously these days?

Recently a student in my chemistry class committed suicide. The teachers were all notified, and in every single class I attended that day, the same message was relayed to us. "We have sad news to bring you. Unfortunately, over the weekend a Year 12 student died suddenly. If you seek any support there are support …

Mystery Blogger Award

I was nominated for my first Mystery Blogger Award by Vanessa from Poetician! Thank you so much for being my first nominator of this award, I'm so grateful and thankful 🙂 Please do go give her blog a visit! RULES: Thank whoever nominated you and include link to their blog. Mention the creator of the …

Liebster Award #5

This lovely soul - Gail from Gail Loves God - has yet again nominated me for a blog award, this time the Liebster Award! Thank you once again for your endless support and love! You shower me with the sweetest of comments and everything you do never ceases to brighten my day 🙂 RULES: Link …

The Inside My Head Tag

I couldn't have asked for a better timing to be nominated for the "Inside My Head" tag by the lovely Gail from Gail Loves God! Lately, I've been under quite a lot of stress and haven't had the best week, but seeing this notification has really been such a blessing. I cannot begin to explain …

Versatile blogger award #2

I've been nominated for my second Versatile Blogger Award by Elle at The Road To Elle! Thank you so much for nominating me, and apologies for the late reply post. While I previously hadn't visited her blog much until now, I absolutely love her poetry and open style of writing. As an avid reader too …

My secret tricks to combat writer’s block

Having been writing since I was a tiny tot I've encountered many bouts of the thing serious writers dread the most: writer's block. I can say to this day that I have about five "books" made of stapled paper with my scraggly 6-10 year old writing, and I never finished a single one. I have …

Awesome Blogger Award

One thing I absolutely love about the WordPress blogging community is that I'm always so blessed by the kindest and loveliest of people, whether it be through the form of supportive comments, reblogs, and simply just likes and follows. Once again I'm so thankful to Gail from Gail Loves God for nominating me for the Awesome Blogger …

Strange habits

So I've finally found the courage to discuss a really bizarre habit of mine that I tend to do from time to time. While I've been pondering on this for years, I've never actually gone to the trouble to find out why I do it, and it's only struck me today that I may have …