Happy birthday lovely Leslie. Have @BEAUTIFULMUMSIE Hope your day is fabulous. Not been on twitter oops X for a while. Hope you’re still here. Lots of love.
@BEAUTIFULMUMSIE Hi Leslie, I’ve not been on twitter or X for months. I’ve popped on say I’m thinking of you and Laura for yesterday. Always in my heart. Take care my lovely. Xxx
I’m celebrating 100 @amazon reviews of #TheStarsWillStillBeThere & 5 lovely ⭐️ with some Friday fun
Win a signed book + hoodie (in your colour/size) + tote bag
Just like & retweet this post & we’ll choose a winner on 10/11
Reviews mean the 🌎 thank you
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⚠️ Trigger Warning: This caption contains references to self-harm.
These photos were taken just hours apart. Mental illness can be invisible. When my friends thought I was at my happiest, I was often on the brink of despair, crippled with depression from my twenties.
I’ve been suicidal twice - both times as a consultant surgeon
Lonely, overwhelmed and scared to admit what I was feeling.
I hid it from friends, colleagues and HR for twenty years. I was embarrassed and ashamed that I didn't want to live. I talked about my mental health for the first time in my memoir 'Under The Knife' because I no longer worked as a doctor and I didn't need to worry about what my patients might say if they found out.
https://t.co/5dx0MUc78Q helped me create a safety plan and got me through the crisis points until I could get proper help.
As a breast cancer patient I found myself overwhelmed with gut-wrenching anxiety, scanxiety, fear of recurrence, survivor's guilt. Why had no-one told me this was part of the collateral damage?
If this is you, ask your breast care nurse if your local cancer centre provides free counselling. I've had it twice and it saved my life. Talk to your GP. I take proudly Citalopram to keep my brain more or less on the straight and narrow
I am no longer ashamed of having a mental illness. I now know that it is not my fault.
Mental health awareness is not just a wave of quotes. Mental health awareness is brutal and not-so-easy on the eye.
World Mental Health Day 2024 is for yesterday, today, and every day to come. ❤️
You matter. Someone cares
Call the Samaritans 24hour helpline 116 123
@AlysColeKing #WorldMentalHealthDay2024
@Liz_ORiordan Of course we care Liz, thank you so much for your thoughts. Very important message to us all. Bless you, you have helped someone today with your message.
Friends! We would like to announce something important. Please read.
As a family, we have sat down and discussed what we should do about the Kittens. Should we keep them or find new homes for them? It was important for everyone in the family to have a say and be listened to.
As much as everyone loves the Kittens, there have been concerns about keeping them. The main concerns were:
1. Affording the ongoing cost
2. The relatively small size of our house
3. The worry about letting them go outside
There have also been concerns about rehoming them:
1. We love them and it’s painful to part with them
2. We don’t want to split them up
3. We know how much it means to all of you to continue sharing their journey
After much discussion we have decided we are going to keep the Kittens with us, but with the proviso that we must build a decent catio for them in the garden. That way, they can go outside safely and have extra space to play.
We have had so many kind people offer help with the cost of the Kittens and we are forever grateful for that. In all honestly, even though we didn’t ask for help, we couldn’t have looked after the Kittens properly without it. But now, we DO need to ask for a bit of help. If you feel able to donate a cup of tea in order to help us build a catio, we would be so thankful. In return, we will do our best to continue to bring you the Kittens’ story, along with mine and Baby Dog’s news of course. If you are not in a position to help, please don’t worry. The link to donate is: https://t.co/E9Ni9CetQs
Thank you for reading this long post. We hope it’s good news for you that #Percy #Cleo and #Ron will be staying with us. BabyDog and I will do our best for them I promise ❤️
Friends! Two posts from us today because we wanted to let you know that our 2025 Wall Calendar is now available to buy in our shop. It features more photos than ever before and includes the Kittens, Albie, Trixie and Ralphy too. There are also two other new products available: a new design Photo Mug and a set of 9 Photo Magnets. Here’s the link should you want it: https://t.co/EHFS67mi96