Sometimes, ok, a lot of the time I don’t feel qualified to impart life advice. That I haven’t experienced enough to write down words of wisdom to pass on. I turned 39 in July. One year from the big 4-0. The last year of what has been a very challenging decade. It’s battered me more …
Erm, well, it was quite nice to find out a month or so ago that this lovely little blog of mine has been shortlisted in the ‘Chronic Illness and Disability’ category for the Northern Blog Awards. I think I accidentally nominated myself..!? Apparently, nominations occur through someone who has nominated you or if you’ve done …
Fellow people with dwarfism – I need your help! In October I’ll be showcasing the photographic exhibition, ‘You’re Just Little‘. The aim of the “You’re Just Little” exhibition is to reveal the challenges, obstacles and societal assumptions that being a dwarf does not impact on how we engage with people and the places around …
Hello, I keep meaning to blog more regularly, best intentions and all that. I have, however, been working on some rather exciting projects and received quite good news. Blog Shortlisted at the Northern Blog Awards 2018 Last month I found out that a Hello Little Lady was shortlisted in the ‘Chronic Illness and Disability’ category …
The Dwarf community is full of amazing, talented people. I have connected with some amazing people since I’ve picked up the metaphorical pen again. This has been especially so through Twitter and mostly has influenced the list of people I’d recommend you follow below. As a child, I never had any role models to …
This blog post has been about two months in the making. I’ve put it down, been a bit on the scared side to make it public. A few weeks ago there was mention of self-care on a Twitter chat. This made my mind up to put this out there. Self-care is a popular term for …
It’s been that ‘delightful’ time of year to renew my car insurance. My current insurer had sent me a renewal that put my quote up over a £100 than what I paid last year. I felt a bit hopeful that access to different insurance brokers may have widened since before I went back on the …
The motivation behind Hello Little Lady has always been to provide a platform and give a voice of the day-to-day experiences of living with dwarfism. Over the 9 years this has primarily been achieved through my own writing. However a number of years now I have held creative ideas to create ‘Dwarf’ arts and culture …
It’s been a bit of an emotional day. I’ve had my first appointment at the hospital I used to visit as a child and teenager to keep an eye on my growth. The building has completely changed, but the walk up to the hospital brought back a lot of memories. Like the many times I …
It’s been nearly 4 months since I received my new reward in the transition from DLA to PIP. It has given me much time to reflect, even though we now find ourselves in a midst of a snap general election with the Tories in course to win by a significant majority. Reflections of the award …
