25/01/2026
I remember sitting with someone I thought would be a lifelong friend. Someone I looked up to in many ways. I shared how excited I was to be starting a new relationship—how, this time, we were older, wiser, and finally knew what we wanted out of life. When the conversation turned to the possibility of more children, her response wasn’t supportive.... It was centred around her fears and her limits. About how I’d already done the nappy stage, how my kids were growing up, how I shouldn’t “start again.”
And that moment stayed with me, it changed the relationship.
Because what’s right for one person will never be right for another.
Some people chase body image, validation, or status and there is nothing wrong with that, at all.
I’m chasing happiness.
After a lifetime of bad memories, heartache, survival mode, and feeling stuck, I finally chose myself. I chose peace. I chose love that feels safe. I chose a life that excites me instead of draining me.
Today, I’m happier than I ever imagined I could be. I’m with the man of my dreams—someone who treats me with respect, as an equal, as a partner. Someone who leads with kindness, consistency, and real love. And I’m so excited about the future we’re building together, about extending our blended family, and about living a life that actually feels aligned with who I am now.
You don’t need permission to want more.
You don’t need to shrink your dreams to make others comfortable.
Your happiness doesn’t have to make sense to anyone else.
And for the first time in my life, I’m not just surviving—I’m truly living.
