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...
Playground of Our Inspiration – Celebrating World Book Day 2022
Today, March 3rd, is World Book Day 2022. It's hard to believe a whole year has passed since we celebrated our love of books worldwide. It's a great time to think about your favourite books and authors and what makes them special to you. What are some...
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
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
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 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...
A Heart-warming Story
I was excited listening to a mother of a girl with Down’s syndrome telling me her children love ‘A little bit EXTRAORDINARY’ and how it helped to answer some of their questions. Later, she told me that her daughter had been due to have an operation to close a hole in...
Teaching Tool for School – a November to Remember
Being Guest Author for Book Week November 2020 was an amazing experience. Reading ‘A little bit EXTRAORDINARY’ to seven classes prompted lively discussion with pupils and teachers about being an author, publishing a book and, most importantly, the values my book...
The Kind of Life We Should Live
Today is World Kindness Day 2020. Perhaps it is a day for people to be reminded to be EXTRA kind because being kind should be a natural part of every day. My book ‘A little bit EXTRAORDINARY’ teaches about kindness. The featured page from my book teaches us to focus...