A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That.

Some News: SomeNews Live at the Leicester Comedy Festival

2014-02-05T14:45:00.001-08:00

Some News: SomeNews Live at the Leicester Comedy Festival

No Make Up Day --- Show your natural beauty.

2013-03-03T15:19:00.000-08:00

No Make Up Day --- Show your natural beauty

A whole day with out cosmetics!!??

Show yourself as nature intended and let your beauty shine out. Lick off that lip gloss, blow off the blusher and say 'sayonara' to your mascara.

I have to say I've not been out of the house without make up since I was a teenager! That was 20 years ago! Think of all the hours I would have saved, let alone the money! But saying that, my lippy is as much apart of me as my ears are. I know I'm not shallow and hadn't considered myself vain....But the idea of leaving the house with a naked face sends a shudder down my spine and puts a very large frown on my ageing brow....(Silly I know)

But any way.

So for one day, give up with me, (don't forget to post your photo here too) and spend the time you would have used for applying 'your face' on something else, a long steaming bubble bath, phone that friend you've been meaning to or start a hobby and please use that cosmetic cash to donate to a good cause.

Find out more and Join free event here.

http://england.shelter.org.uk/donate

http://shelter.easysearch.org.uk/

Shelter is the charity that is closest to my heart. If the hadn't helped me find a safe place to live, some 18 years ago!...Well, my life could have been so different.

I just want to raise them cash and lots of awareness.

Shelter help to transform lives I admire them and am always eternally grateful.

Thank you!

Beautiful scar.

2013-03-02T14:50:00.000-08:00

If it wasn't for these beauties, I'd be a dead woman. Peritonitis, perforated bowel, major emergency surgery,some large and small bowel removal (it got all stuck together). You will just see a hole on my belly, that scar is for the colostomy removal. There was a lot of healing in all this, months of dressing the large scar, which had keloid quite a lot and took to long time to heal.

But I love my scars, they are like little reminders of my life, I think of them the same way I think of my tattoos usually get one on holiday or to mark a special event. I had an unusual buttery tattoo to celebrate my life after surgery.

I can't tell you how different I am now. So much of me sort of woke up after death. Vibrancy assertiveness, drive and determination I never knew I had. I do so much more in life than I ever did before surgery.

My son calls me 'the living Angel', I seem to touch peoples lives, want to touch people, enjoy helping others. So many people remember me these days, on the 20 minute walk to school sometimes I say 'hello' to 16 people! I disappeared into the back ground before. But I think people feel my zesty appreciation for life and want to be a part of it too.

Life is very precious..xx

http://media-cache-ec3.pinterest.com/550x/0a/22/84/0a22840f6b6842c21241a3f8d86f7f16.jpg
The scars. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89003&id=1352401513&l=af302f7154

Please help, Wisbech Stroke Club need your support.

2013-02-11T15:20:00.001-08:00

Urgent appeal by stroke club - Community News - Fenland Citizen

My son and his school chums enjoying a history lesson.

2013-02-07T13:42:00.001-08:00

Leicester pupils get a history lesson on Richard III | Central - ITV News

Permit Parking zones.....Needed or a nuisance? Living close to Bede Island park and also the Royal infirmary, I would say definitely needed. Before... | This is Leicestershire

2013-02-05T03:20:00.001-08:00

Permit Parking zones.....Needed or a nuisance? Living close to Bede Island park and also the Royal infirmary, I would say definitely needed. Before... | This is Leicestershire

The Susannah M Leggatt Daily

2013-02-05T03:00:00.001-08:00

The Susannah M Leggatt Daily
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A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That.: It's ok to be an abuse survivor.

2011-02-05T07:54:00.000-08:00

A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That.: It's ok to be an abuse survivor.: "I have heard it said that 'if you want to destroy an adult, then abuse them as a child'. It can happen for sure, the pain and physiologica..."

The photo tells a story, I had to lose it!!

2011-02-04T11:46:00.000-08:00

I have to say I was at my biggest and would say still, well and firmly gripped by Post Natal depression in this photo. I was trying hard and a made sure I had fun with my lovely son, In Autumn we would hunt for and collect leaves to make big collages at home, we always had fun kicking piles of leaves. Would you believe it I'm 36 year old woman now and I still do it, even when I'm alone, got to be a kid sometimes.) I took him out every day, parks, shops , carrying him in a sling until he was 2 and half, I breast fed him for that long too.

I threw myself totally into motherhood, I gave my whole self to his upbringing, we knew so much baby sign language, from when he he was 6 months to 9 months we learnt 23 baby signs! He continues to grow, first word at 9 months, second word at 11 months which was hoover!! lol

But the weight thing bothered me, not enough though do to something serious about it, my self esteem was quite low.

The summer came and I felt a little brighter and even went from a size 18 to a 16, which gave me a boost. I suppose I started to feel a little attractive then.

Life is interrupted by major surgery, another blog post to follow..x

It's ok to be an abuse survivor.

2011-02-04T05:00:00.000-08:00

I have heard it said that 'if you want to destroy an adult, then abuse them as a child'. It can happen for sure, the pain and physiological damage can be all consuming. But it CAN be different it CAN be better. We all have the capacity to grow and to change as individuals. Life will go on and we can survive. The strongest most stoical people I know are survivors like me, we have to become that way.

I once thought I would never recover from my past, never see a normal life, never have kids or well, become somebody. With my teenage years spent self harming and on a path of complete self destruction, those were hard days.

Cognitive behavioural therapy helped so much, four years of dredging up the past, reliving some of the most painful memories that no 6 year old child should have to endure. I came out the other side reborn, stronger and able to analyse myself and cope with challenging situations. I know things will never be totally perfect, I will always be a worrier. If things are going well then something bad is bound to happen right? An echo from my abusive past. Life is never perfect, of course things go wrong, it's just about dealing with them in the right way. If there is a problem in your life, we all have the ability to change it if we try. Sometimes we need help that is ok. Talk, talk and talk some more, don't be afraid, if you feeling sad or worried share those feelings don't let them bottle up inside you.

No one can take away my past but my future is in my own hands now
.http://www.napac.org.uk/

2009-01-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

I made this one for my mum, she loves it. It looks rather flat here, but it is rather more 3d in real life.

2009-01-28T14:47:00.000-08:00

This is the second card I have made . I love the vibrant colours. I decided to add a perfume sample, just as a little extra.

2009-01-24T17:03:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt at card making. I decided to keep it simple and stick to a basic colour theme. I must admit I really like it and it has given me the courage to continue making cards.