Hello everyone, I hope this monday you are feeling better than I am because I’ve recently been plagued by some problems which I’m trying to not have affect the blog but they might do in the near future.  This is a bit of a personal update on things happening in regards to me and the blog so if you are not interested you can skip this post and expect some bookish content tomorow. Ear aches Let’s start with the thing that’s affected me the most this last week.  Last Sunday (not the Sunday just past but a week ago) I started to get a mild headache, it went on for a couple of days before ..read more

Ever felt like things are not going according to plan?  Well, today I want to share with you a little personal and blogging update about what’s been happening to me recently, as things are not quite going to the plan that I had hoped for since the start of the new year. Delayed reviews The first topic is one that is frustrating me in so many ways as it’s directly linked with my health.  I’ve been able to keep up with reading quite a few books over the last few months, although my reading is far slower than I would have liked, and I’m still struggling to get through as many reads as I ..read more

Have you ever had one of those days where despite your best intentions everything seems to just stop thanks to an epic headache or migraine?  I’ve been having a bit of a week with some bad headaches.  I have so many blog posts I want to write and yet, every time I intend to write something I seem to be suffering from this pain in my head.  So, in frustration I wrote a very short poem.  I hope you like it. Pain in My Head ©The Strawberry Post I’m not functioning, not today, Can’t think, edges starting to fray, Suffering from a pain in head, Am feeling like I have been shred ..read more

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay and an extra special one as it was 100 years ago this year that insulin became available for diabetics to use after its invention.  Diabetes affects millions of people around the globe and there are several types of diabetes with type 1 and type 2 being the most well known.  Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes affecting millions and it’s the type that people associate with lifestyle.  Many people can control this form of diabetes through diet, low carbohydrate intake and exercise, however some type 2s have to use medication and in the worst form ..read more

This week is Diabetes Awareness Week (13th-19th June) and it’s a week where many people will be highlighting the importance of getting the right treatment and support for people with diabetes.  Diabetes is a condition where the body doesn’t produce the right amount of insulin.  Insulin is vital for the body to control blood sugars and if there’s not enough insulin people can get very sick.  There are several forms of diabetes that affect people including gestational, type 1 and type 2, and diabetes for many, especially type 1, is a life-long diagnosis which can cause no end of f ..read more

This week is mental health awareness week (9th-15th May) and to mark the day I want to share a poem I wrote exactly five years ago for this very week.  Depression is something that many of us suffer.  To be sad and not able to function when a big event hits, like the death of a loved one which I experienced recently is understandable.  It’s normal to be sad for a time and to find it hard to do anything, but sometimes people are unable to see the happiness in life, even when they should be able to see joy, laugh or even smile.  Depression affects everyone who has it differen ..read more

Hello and welcome to September!  We’re finally entering the last month in the summer and I thought it would be time to share a bit of a personal update as a few things that have been happening with me lately and some of this affects both my blog, its schedule and my tbr (to-be-read) reading pile which is currently (I hate to admit) a little bit big and out of control! Mindfulness So, the last year has been a pretty difficult one for me to cope with.  Almost a year ago my grandmother was suffering from health problems and another family member was then diagnosed with cancer.  Soo ..read more

Sometimes people can frustrate us with their ability to ignore the truth.  Can they not see what you see?  How can they ignore what is so clear to us?  Today’s poem is about being in that place, a place of utter frustration, knowing that what you want to say and do are the right things.  But how do you convey that to someone who doesn’t want to know?  I wrote this when I was in a raw emotional state, so it’s one of what I call my more raw/darker poems, but I hope you will still enjoy it regardless of the strange way it goes and it’s slightly longer length.  Please ..read more

This week is #MentalHeathAwarenessWeek and today is my stop on the blog tour for The Compulsion Cloud a great picture book publishing later this week which helps explain a mental health disoder, OCD, and its treatment to children.  You can find out more about my thoughts as well as information about the author and some buy links below, but first I’d just like to say a big thank you to Literally PR for the chance to be a part of the tour and for a copy of this book.  Now, let’s see what I thought of this… Title: The Compulsion Cloud Author: Averi Ridge Castaneda Illustrator: Vicky Kuh ..read more

Sometimes life is hard and we often put a smile on our faces and pretend all is well when we aren’t.  Sometimes those who are in the biggest pain have the biggest smiles and we should all take the time to be more mindful of those around us and see if our friends and family really are well, and not just hiding their feelings behind a smile.  I’ve not had the best time over the Christmas and New Year holiday.   And unfortunately I’ve had some moments when I’ve felt a lot like crying.   But in times like this I write poetry and this poem today was born of a feeling of great sa ..read more