Monthly Archives: October 2015
The Innocence of children
Here I was, sitting in the blazing sun in Hyde park, with my two nephews, sister, brother-in-law and Mother. We sat on the grass, relaxing over a glass of pimm’s when my older nephew, still a little baby, now a tender age of 6 said ‘aunty, I know you have eczema’. I’m not too sure what triggered this innocent comment but it must have been due to my clothing on that day, which was more revealing than normal, given the high temperature. I asked him if he knows what eczema actually is
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A Sister’s Perspective
My baby sister arrived when I was four years of age. Like any older sibling who had the full attention and love from their parents I naturally felt jealous and despised her as soon she arrived. Similarly, like every other baby she just cried and cried 24 hours a day. At the age of four I didn’t have the full understand of the extent of her eczema neither was I oblivious to everything going on around me. I slowly realised as the months passed, my sister was becoming slightly older that
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The last 9 years…
I became very involved with a dance group with whom I performed for a good few years. I met some best friends who continue to be a part of my friendship circle. I also began a second degree in physiotherapy. Things were good! I had established my friend circle from my previous University and I was more confident in myself. When performing at dance shows, I was having to change into costumes in front of my dance friends which was something I had never done so openly before, due to my own
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