Firstly hello! Thank you for taking the time to stop by this
little blog of mine. I promise it’s not
a whingey blog; it’s just a blog about being a Mummy and a Wife and trying to
find the balance between that and being “me”.
I guess the first
thing I should do is do a little introduction into my life, for those that don’t
know who I am.
I’m Gemma, a 30
something year old Mummy and Wife. I am
also a Make-Up Artist (there’s a blog for that side of my life too, just click here).
I love pretty
things, sparkly things and girlie things, but I can also be a bit of a Geek
too. I enjoy online gaming – I play
World of Warcraft and Star Wars The Old Republic. They don’t take over my life, it’s just as
and when I can be bothered and it comes and goes in fads. Sometimes I can waste
an entire weekend playing, other times not so much.
I dabble in
photography; I think I’m pretty good at it.
It’s a hobby, I don’t do it professionally. I like to take photos of people mostly,
usually after I’ve completed a makeover or something like that.
I have a bit of a
hairless animal thing going on too. I
have 5 Chinese Crested Dogs, varying between 7 months old and 10 years old. I love Sphynx Cats too, though I don’t own
any; Matt can just about cope with the hairless dogs. We also have a rabbit called “Babbit” and a cornsnake
called “Azzy”.
I’m known for
having “noticeable” hair. I was pillar
box red for around 18 months before I dyed it blue. I’ve also had dreadlocks of varying colours
too. I currently have blue hair, though
am already thinking about my next colour.
I’m also well known because of my car…she’s a purple Nissan Micra (called
Polly); she has eyelashes, pink wheels, pink windscreen wipers, pink &
black seat covers, pink & black mats, a pink & black handbrake and a
pink & black steering wheel cover…oh and she has a pink nodding Crestie dog
too!
Matt is 2 years
younger than me. Sometimes it seems like
he is years older and other days it seems like I have 2 Children.
I’ve been married
to him for 2 years this July (2013) but we’ve been together for 4½years. Some think we got married too quickly but,
after everything we’d been through up to that point, it didn’t seem too quick
to us; we’d already been through more things together than some people go through
in their entire lives. I think we knew,
from day one, that we were going to end up getting married. The connection was instant and, although we
were both really nervous on the first date, we were both comfortable enough to
be ourselves; there were no airs and graces.
It’s rare to find that sort of connection and, having both previously
been in long term relationships which ended badly, we were both a little sceptical
about dating again but, within the first night, it just felt “right”.
My little boy will
be 6 in June so, no, he isn’t Matt’s biological Child. However, the sperm donor hasn’t been around
since Brandon was 2 weeks old. Matt has
been around since Brandon was 16 months old and the chemistry between them was
instant too. It takes a real man to step
up to the plate and take on another person’s Child. Brandon knows that there was someone else
before Matt and that Matt isn’t his real Daddy but, as far as I’m concerned, Matt
is his Daddy. Any boy can father a child
but only a man can be a daddy.
We’re a small
family and, most of the time, we’re a happy little unit however, like all
families, there are times when things don’t go quite right. There are also times when I feel like I am
only Mummy, Wife or Make Up Artist and I feel like I am losing touch with who
Gemma is. This is what this blog is
about; it’s about being a mummy, being a wife and, at the same time, trying to
stay in touch with yourself and not lose your identity.
One of the other
sides of me is the side living with Chronic Pain. I have Fibromyalgia, Joint Hypermobility and
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I do try not to let it affect my life too
much, especially not my time with Brandon which is ever more precious now that
he is at School but, sometimes, it does take over, so you can expect there to
be pain related blogs too.
All of the views
expressed within this blog are mine and are not intended to cause offence to
anyone. If I can make one person feel
like they’re not alone and that someone else is going through it too, then I’ll
be happy. Even if you read this blog
just to escape the trials in your own life then I’ve done something right.
Please feel free to
share this blog with your friends, leave comments, ask questions, whatever you
feel.
Until next time,
Gem. x
