Tag: family

• Bloganuary – How far back in your family tree can you go?

  Well. Today’s bloganuary post will be very short because I can’t trace my family tree back that far. I envy people who can. It must be amazing. For one, half of my tree is missing. I don’t know who my birth father is or who his family are, or where my African-American roots are based.…

  janetdthomas77

  January 8, 2023

  Author life, bloganuary, family, Friends, happy memories, identity, Life, loss, love, Relationships, Writer, writing

  bloganuary, bloganuary2023, bloganuaryprompt, bloggers, bloggingcommunity, family, Life, Relationships

• A bitter pill to swallow

  Ironically the medication I take is literally bitter pills. I have the unfortunate moment of tasting them on my tongue before I wash them down with the tiny paper cup of water the Nurse gives me after watching to make sure I swallow my tablets. Anyway. Blogging is all good and well when I’m the…

  janetdthomas77

  October 20, 2022

  anxiety, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, Fears, identity, Illness, Jealousy, Life, Relationships, siblings, worth

  brothers, family, Favouritism, Jealousy, Life, mental illness, Relationships, resentment

• The 1st Chapter of my Memoir

  You’re in for a treat tonight, guys – I wanted to share my updated 1st Chapter of my Memoir with you and ask your thoughts on it. Here it is: Chapter 1: The Mountain I carry Afternoons were always humid in Nhulunbuy, so sweat beaded on our foreheads and made its way in rivers down…

  janetdthomas77

  October 12, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, Fears, Friends, gardening, identity, Jealousy, Life, loss, love, memoir, Relationships, siblings, worth

  family, Favouritism, goldenchild, Life, matilda, mental illness, Relationships, unfavouritechild

• “I can take it”

  

  I want to help whenever I see someone hurting. I can’t seem to help but want to go over to them, put an arm around them or automatically lift up the other end of whatever huge burden they’re pulling along behind them so that between us, the burden won’t be as heavy on that person.…

  janetdthomas77

  October 8, 2022

  abuse, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, bullies, coercive control, death, depression, Fears, fed up, Grieving, hospital, Illness, loss

  anxiety, aroughday, burdenened, depression, family, grief, hospital, mental illness, psychpatientsshouldcomewithawarning, psychward, traumatised, triggerwarning

• For Shanti…a shining star in a dark storm

  As writers, we live lonely lives. We write and we try to share our hearts on paper (or in these times of modernity online) but there is always that fear – that worry – firstly of “Is anyone going to read this?”, then the anxious thoughts of of “Will they like it?” when really we…

  janetdthomas77

  August 21, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Fears, food, Friends, grief, Grieving, happy memories, identity, Illness, kindness, Life, loss, love, Relationships, Work, worth

  bloggers, bloggingcommunity, Dad, family, friendship, grief, Life, supporteachother

• There’s no substitute for compassion

  The latest thing out there right now is all about “manifesting” goodness, wealth, health, happiness etc into your own life. “If you believe it…you will achieve it“ Sorry, (not really) but that’s utter bullsh*t. Believing and – for the love of God – manifesting *shudder* good things can only get you so far. I think…

  janetdthomas77

  June 17, 2022

  Burnt out, Family Obligations, fed up, manifesting

  99problems, aching, advice, anxious, bad advice, bekind, betrayed, Bollocks, burntout, cantcope, cantgoon, cantmoveforward, choosewordswisely, crossingoceans, disbelief, disgusted, don't be rude, encouragement, exhausted, family, fatigued, manifesting

• Surviving parent guilt

  Since my Dad died, I’ve come across new things. Like crippling grief. Grief that looks and feels like 80 feet waves pummelling me, tumbling me, confusing and frightening me. Grief like that. Grief that – like waves – doesn’t let you come up for air. It doesn’t stop for a second so you can’t stop.…

  janetdthomas77

  June 10, 2022

  anxiety, death, family, Family Obligations, grief, Grieving, loss, money, Relationships, Work

  family, grief, GriefsFirsts, guilty, killingme, survivingparentguilt, wavesthatdontstop

• It’s been a year since you went away

  Hey Dad, Ed Sheeran has a song out called “Visiting hours” where he wants to go and see his Mom in Heaven. I’ve had it on repeat all day as tears have flowed down my face. I never thought I’d be able to relate to losing a parent and yet here we are. I close…

  janetdthomas77

  June 4, 2022

  Author life, books, death, depression, family, grief, Grieving, happy memories, loss, Relationships

  Dad, family, grief, grievingbadly, hatethesefuckinganniversaries, lossofaparent, MissyouDad

• Wedding anniversary 💕

  janetdthomas77

  May 9, 2022

  happiness, happy memories, Life, love, marriage, Relationships, remarriage

  2ndmarriage, Admiration, Alun, alunandjanet, AppreciationPost, bestdayever, blessed, blessings, blowjobs, family, flirtgame, good memories, goodforthesoul, happily ever after, happily married

• Happy Memory #2

  Alun and I were moving house. I was SO EXCITED about it as the first home we moved into was something Alun chose while I was working long hours and when I saw it, my heart dropped. It was an old (VERY OLD) yellow cottage on a quiet street near a Primary school and really,…

  janetdthomas77

  May 6, 2022

  anxiety, Burnt out, family, Fears, Friends, happy memories, Illness, kindness, Life, love, Relationships, Work

  blessed, family, friendsarelife, friendship, Life, mental illness, rainbowhouse, Relationships