Sharron | Stillwater

Absolutely nothing. I had quite a hard life being raised. My mother lost her husband when I was five to suicide, so we had a very hard, sad life, and it’s always affected me.

I created my own family values out of circumstances, and having my own children has helped me create those values, which I’m happy with. I was born in London, stayed there until about the age of 31, and then went overseas. Giving them security, a little bit of freedom, and we’re a very tight-knit family, probably more from my point of view, because of my own childhood; always there for them, and they know that. They know they’re loved, and yeah, we have freedom to be a really nice family. Ups and downs, but hopefully a little bit balanced.

I think I have a lot of self-resilience. Out of something bad can always come something – out of that can come good, and I don’t believe in looking to the past and blaming circumstances on the past. Otherwise, you bring them through to the future. It does help being a mental health nurse, and having that background to learn different mediums of how to simply be. I think if possible, is to communicate with the right person, right organisations to help you find closure. If you can do that, then it gives you, it allows you to move forward, and that’s all I can say, is reaching out to people, to hear your story, to gain normalcy.”

 

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