I am a wife, mother, alienated parent & grandparent, and have been a carer/supporter for elderly relatives for over 12 years. I have a three-legged Plummer (Jack Russell) Russell and an African Grey Parrot. I paint and draw, I particularly like portraiture in oils. I love being out in nature, walking and local woodland is a particular love. I am creative and enjoy taking photographs, although I am not trained. I enjoy creating handmade gifts. I adore my Godson and his family; I am known as Great Fairy Godmother to his boys. During my varied career, I have dealt with many losses both personal and work-related. I trained as an Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist in 2019, and this has evolved into coaching Grief Recovery to others through my emotional resilience program. I run a support group for alienated grandparents; an online group with worldwide reach on Facebook. I am also a trained I-act Therapist, trained in Suicide Prevention and ACES, and Brain Trauma Recovery. I am also a Mentor for the Santander UK Women in Business Programme and support one mentee.