Just Emma

Hello, lovelies. You know that time, when the words are on the tip of your tongue, but instead of saying what needs to be said, you stop. Breathe. Smile and keep inside all those words that needed to be spoken. So why do we do it? Why do we hold back when what we really need to be doing is getting all those thoughts out, aired, spoken and finally laying them to rest? Is it our very British custom to always beat around the bush? Are our sensibilities set so high that we can’t speak our minds and upset those around us? So, why then, do some people share their every thought? No sooner than it enters his mind, the thought is out before they even know what they’re doing. Is keeping silent golden? Or only till its not. Over the years, I would love to be able to say that I have always been able to say the right thing at the right time. But that would be a total lie. I always put my foot right in it. Emma-erisms, as they are widely called. I am the best at saying the wrong thing at th...

Hello, lovelies. I, like so many others, work with and for other people in and around my four jobs. I take care of my children, walk my dogs and run my household. It would be easy to say that I spend a large percentage of my day with my head down and my mouth closed. Actually, I have spent most of my life not saying how I feel, what I want or if it was something that I wanted to do. And yet, I have always been told that I’m the one in the driver’s seat. True, I am always the designated driver. But is it right to always do as I’m told? Never question the decisions? Never rocking the boat. Is the old adage, pick your battles, true? Or is it time to stand up and tell people what I actually think? I hate confrontation. And will do almost anything to avoid it. Yes, I am super opinionated, but as I’ve grown older, I have learnt to keep my thoughts to myself. Have I made the right decision? Does that mean I’ve been walked over and taken advantage of? Probably. So why have I spent my...

Hello, lovelies. We all have in our circle of friends that one person that is always right. That knows everything and is more than happy to tell you all the ways that you are wrong. But what happens when we hear their ideas, thoughts and beliefs over our own? Are they always right because they say they are? Or are they just telling us that because they have nothing else in theirs? Is it really you that’s wrong? Or has it always been them? I have always managed to surround myself with people that know better than I do, or so they tell me very, very often. They’re smarter than me. Have made better choices that I have. And wouldn’t have made the mistakes that I did. Basically, they’re just better people than me. And for the longest time I believed them. I know the struggles I face every day. I know when I don’t understand something. And I definitely know when I put my foot straight in it. So how can they not be correct in everything they say? But if I’m so caught up in my own fail...