Words Can Hurt and Words Can Heal

Words Can Hurt and Words Can Heal

Today is the start of Anti-bullying Week (14th to 18th November 2022). Bullying has got out of hand. It’s spreading like a virus that society needs to wipe out before it destroys society.  I was bullied at primary school and my older brother Martin was bullied...
Let’s Give the Message to the People We Meet

Let’s Give the Message to the People We Meet

Today, 3rd December, we celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities, which was established by the United Nations in 1992 to create ‘diverse and accepting communities’. Imagine what could be achieved if everyone around the world worked together as...
Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st

Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, which has been marked officially by the United Nations since 2012, although it was first launched in 2006 by Singapore. The date of the 21st day of the third month of the year was chosen to represent the triplication (trisomy) of...
Becoming a Wordsmith

Becoming a Wordsmith

March 4th is World Book Day in the UK, the day to celebrate the opportunity to transform lives through a love of books and shared reading. My book ‘A little bit EXTRAORDINARY’, illustrated beautifully by Gráinne Knox, is doing that. I am overwhelmed at the response...
Love is a Daily Practice

Love is a Daily Practice

Love is a daily practice. Love isn’t only to be celebrated one day of the year every February. Love should be the driving force of every day. The heart is the space we should operate from daily. Love is not measured by the number of roses received or the value of...