One day you wake up and you feel like this is the first day of the rest of your life. Have you ever felt like that? As I’m writing this I’m feeling a frisson of excitement that everything I’ve worked towards, everything I’ve believed in, is coming together here for me, finally. Let me explain. I’m a big believer of Destiny, therefore Rumi and his poetry (and spirituality, but that’s another blog post) have always been a huge inspiration for me. When deciding what to do when I got pregnant (surprise 5th baby everyone!) and I realised I wouldn’t be working for the next few years the quote ‘Let the beauty of what we love be what we do’ came to me.

OK, so what do I love doing?

Reading

Writing

Looking after my family of 7 (have to include myself of course! ;-))

TO INSPIRE

And knowing all this, when I was asked what I’d most like to do with my free time I said I’d like to write.

‘Why?’

‘To inspire…To be there for people and to tell my story hoping it will help’

So, if you’re interested in my story and why I’m still smiling on my journey, living my crazy hectic life then please do read on!

Since you’re here I have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the the7ofus.blog than ever but advertising revenues are non-existent. And unlike many lifestyle magazines, I haven’t put up a paywall – I want to keep my writing as open as I can. So you can see why I need to ask for your help. These posts take a lot of time and hard work to produce. It would be amazing if you could help fund me by donating a coffee a two to keep me going! Please press here to give.