Just Emma

     Hello, lovelies.            They say that worse things happen at sea. Someone always has it worse than you. That there are plenty more fish in the sea. No use in crying over spilt milk. That we should always look on the bright side of life, as every cloud has it’s silver lining. But what if all these well-worn sayings haven’t been telling us the whole truth. How can a few concise words help put aside some of life’s hardest days. Is it always at its darkest before the dawn? Yes, it is. I mean, we know that. We only need to look out of a window to see it for ourselves. So how can the famous proverb that dates back to at least 1650, help us today? And what happens when the darkest times in our lives, are actually the easiest? What if the dawn doesn’t bring sunshine and a bright new day, but it shines a spot light on just how hard our lives actually are?          I have always been a glass half full kind of girl. Eve...

Hello, lovelies .           British summer is here. London is sweltering in such an ungodly heat, as clammy individuals try to in maintain some dignity as they melt in temperatures upwards of 35 degrees. Some love the sunshine, shedding their clothes and embracing the heat. Whilst the rest of us shut the windows, draw the curtains, and sit in front of fans as we wait for it all to be over. London wasn’t made for heat. It was built for much colder weather. Our houses are built very close together, and far too few buildings have air con. So, what can we do? How will we survive this? Or will I end up as a melted, sweaty lump by the end of September? Is the heat down to global warming? Will be ever be able to go back to the summer of a decade ago, when, at its hight, the summer would last a few days at most before returning to the usual chill and cloudy skies? Is this our future? To relive the summer of 1976 year after year? And how can we make the best of a very ...