Gemma Christina

I've always wanted to share this story, but man, its hard! I mean, where do I even start? I wanted to write a blog about what happened to me as a child because not only will I know it'll be a cathartic outlet but I'd love to be able to inspire someone else to tell their story. It began so long ago that I don't even remember when it started. My mum met a man when I was about 3 years old after splitting up with my father. He was originally from Scotland but was working in Kent as a Taxi Driver. He moved in relatively quickly into our family home with my mum, my two brothers and me. Like I said I don't know when the abuse even started but right from the beginning I was his 'little girl' and rarely had any contact with my own Father. Overall my childhood was emotionally distressing, we were warm, clothed and fed but my mother was emotionally abusive and quite violent. Looking back all she ever did was scream and shout as us almost as if we were just an inconveni

Yaaahhhhooooo! I've finally opened my Etsy Shop to sell my handmade Concrete Candles . And yes I did hyperlink that bad boy because I'm feeling snazzy AF right now. It was kinda long winded setting my little shop up but it is very straightforward. Now the shop GCODesignsShop is open on there I can now just add any wee bits and bobs I create along the way without too much hassle. Wish me luck! <3  Gem xx

So it's Friday 3rd June 2020 and I've just finished work for the week. The pubs are reopening tomorrow and dare I say were almost back to reality. I can literally smell the overpriced wine from my makeshift hideout consisting of my duvet and pillows which I've launched myself into since arriving home. So what is this whole '10 years later' malarkey I hear no-one ask. Well, as you can see this is my very first blog post and for years and years I've been telling myself i'm going to blog about my weird inner silliness and yadda yadda... but of all the times I've set up some sort of blog account, I've never actually stuck to it. I've even paid out for memberships and domains to still not fully commit to it. So now I have reached my 30th year of existence I've weirdly developed a completely different mindset of what I want in life. I'd like to tell you its because I've matured and developed and am believing in my higher self etc, but in ac