My Granny’s favourite story about me was the time I was running and dancing around her garden with a piece of sheer, lacy curtain in tow. Granny asked this little four-year-old if I was a bird, my response just rolled off my tongue “I’m princess-ish fairy-ish, rather Snow White-ish Tinkerbell-ish.” Then I ran off and continued to dance through the garden happily and by myself. I love this story, it reminds me that I have always been very independent and happy person who dances to the beat of her own drum! Over the years my identity as a strong and…
Tag: relationships
Being single and being happily single are two very different mindsets and I have been both. When I look back at the times where I have been single I can see a very clear difference from how I used to be and how I am today. The old Jess hated being single, I felt alone, unwanted, uncared for and there was this constant nagging at the back of my mind that kept saying ‘you aren’t anyone until somebody else loves you’. It was draining because every date I went on I was looking for the next knight in shining Armour…