I am a mum of two, wife of one and articulator of many, many words, a high percentage of which are profane. To follow my story as an unwilling host of breast cancer, visit thecword2017.wordpress.com

For more amateur travel writing, see middleclasstravelblog.wordpress.com

For even more of my scribblings, go to isla.org.uk

To buy my cancer memoir, Making Pearls From Grit, go here.