I first started writing this book, I Am a Real Person, as therapy for myself. Although I’ve had help from various therapists and counsellors, there are some things that I have never been able to talk about or come to terms with, and writing this book has helped me.
It tells of how and why I felt so worthless, even from a young age, and everything written is exactly how I remember it.
From even before I was married, my life started to go downhill. At first, I believed it would pick up, but after years of abuse I came to the conclusion that it would never change, and I just wanted out.
Until things went from bad to worse and something was said to me that made me realise I had to do something positive.
I hope that my story will offer encouragement to anyone going through something similar.
There is always a way out, however difficult it may seem.
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Since the accounts written in this book, all my children have grown up and had children of their own, some even with grandchildren, so I now have a huge family. I live in Canterbury with some of my family nearby. I’ve had many poems published over the years as well as a book of comfort poems. I also write poems to order and decorate and frame them.