Posts tagged real life story
Superheroes - Take a Break

Happy New Year! Here's a glorious story to start the year off with a smile. These beautiful children all have Down's syndrome and their parents shared their stories in Take a Break to remind the world Down's syndrome is not a curse or a condition that needs eradicating. It's a super power! Out now in the Take a Break January special.

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Our beautiful Christmas Day surprise - Bella magazine

Hello cutie! Here's little Neave to touch your heart this Christmas! She gave her family a surprise last year but she's doing great now and this year promises to be a bit less dramatic for the Baldwin family. A lovely story celebrating Down's syndrome and the joy it brings. Out now in Bella.

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I'm not into fashion, I'm into style! My Weekly

The gorgeous and oh so stylish Suzi, 69, shares her top tips for a stylish wardrobe on every budget, in this week's My Weekly magazine. I loved writing about Suzi. Her personality was as colourful as her outfits and she was such fun. She made me look at my go-to outfit of jeans and a top with raised eyebrows! Perhaps it is time to branch out...Check out Suzi in My Weekly now, or follow her on Instagram here.

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My Advent Calendar - Notebook

I absolutely loved working with Kristina on this feature. She had an idea to create an advent calendar with a charity twist - behind every door is a 50p contribution to a charity. The premise supports 24 incredible charities, all carefully selected by Kristina and covering good causes in various areas, from children in need to animals in need and everything in between.

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Thank you, body!

Love, love, LOVE this story! Absolutely love writing about women who have been on a journey to find peace with themselves. Women who have self-confidence, self-acceptance and happiness, much deserved. These are the kind of stories I want to read when I open a magazine and it is my great honour to help make them happen!

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Toddler's Tantrums - Bella

If only there were just tantrums... poor Grace was dismissed by GPs as going through a 'tantrum phase'. Sadly, what her change of behaviour actually revealed was the utterly devastating Batten's disease. Mum Izabela shares her story in Bella magazine this week. It's heartbreaking, but if her drug trial starts soon they hope to ward off and delay the onset of the debilitating symptoms.

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