I’m allowed to have a moment aren’t I? I wrote “Don’t Touch Me” when I felt a certain kind of way about the pressure and expectations I feel most days. I wrote it about a failed relationship initially… but now when I read it, it hits different. People ask a lot, whether they mean toContinue reading “Don’t touch me”
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Writing stones…
Do you believe that there is a spirit or story inside everything? I am really not sure of the answer … but I think yes – and if not a life or spirit, an energy. Even in stones. You see, a few months ago on one of my Artist’s Dates I decided to paint someContinue reading “Writing stones…”
3am Thoughts
This is about me, not you… Josie says, surprising no one. This is a poem about loving me – about dreaming about being happy and connected to myself. The person I should be the closest to, but often feel the furthest from. Moving through the riversNaked, ready for moreWater like silk on my skinSoothing myContinue reading “3am Thoughts”
#relationshipgoals
We spend so much time making women believe that they have less worth when single… That we are, in some way, “less than” if we are alone. Society tells women that for a us to age and to die alone is a sentence…. It took me a while to realise however, that to spend myContinue reading “#relationshipgoals”
Hope Injection
When I think of 2021, I think of dust settling. I think of a shell-shocked global community, collectively trying to recover from a year which none of us could have predicted. I feel as though we are all trying to heal from an unexpected trauma which left us feeling hurt, weak and vulnerable. Some ofContinue reading “Hope Injection”
Checking in…
I love that my son likes to check-in with my progress… he may however required just a little fine tuning in his delivery before he is promoted to a management role. *Names have not been changed…* This is from an actual conversation with my child. Mandela: Did you write a new book today Mum? Josie:Continue reading “Checking in…”
Ugly Sexy Love… a working title
I have been working on a story for the last few years – it is a little like a literary guilty pleasure… something like a modern guide to casual sex and dating mixed with a darkly comedic rom-com and commentary on the failure of modern man as he succumb to his fragile masculinity… I likeContinue reading “Ugly Sexy Love… a working title”
7 things and 7 days
Women need to make time for themselves. This is non-negotiable. We need time to breath, to shower, to try on clothes in department stores without worrying that our 2 year old will crawl under the door and run away while we are naked and can’t catch them, to catch up with our mates, and toContinue reading “7 things and 7 days”
Keep deodorant in the car, and follow these 5 rules for life
We all know that life can be crazy sometimes. 2020 changed everything that we knew and the way we understand the world and interact with each other. I believe in keeping things simple when we can as I feel that life need not be as complicated as we make it. Amidst the crazy we canContinue reading “Keep deodorant in the car, and follow these 5 rules for life”
Idris Elba and other assumptions
I have had quite the quiet spell of late… and for a change I am not blaming anyone or anything else…. Life has been busy, I am insanely aneamic … when I look at you, I see a cartoon steak walking past. I did hurt my knee (trampolining – I am way too old forContinue reading “Idris Elba and other assumptions”
Josie Young 