What It Is to be Brave?

I often have people tell me that I’m so brave, this is because on more than one occasion I have taken a chance and had an adventure or two. But the truth is that most of the time I’m shaking in ma boots with the things I do.

I’m not a dare devil or a thrill seeker, no way at all. I’m the girl who holds the bags at the fairground, I’m the girl that spontaneously did a Dash and Dine only to run home and close the blinds to hide from the police! Yep that’s me alright, but bravery is something that I’d never even thought of relating to oneself and even still, I’m not quite sure I do?

Recently I have decided to embark on an adventure that in eight months’ time could leave me feeling like this adventure was by far the greatest and most inspiring of all adventures of my twenty-four years of life, or I could simply be left feeling as though I’ve set myself way further back than I’d intended.

While some people have the fear of travelling alone and essentially being alone, my fear is about regret.

There is a saying that goes, ‘Never regret what you do, only regret what you don’t do’.

I often get caught in those talks with my Dad, Aunt, Uncles and their friends that usually start with “When I was your age I wish I’d done this…” or “When I was your age I had the opportunity go here” and the next part of those sentences usually go something like this, “but I didn’t and it’s one of my biggest regrets”. And I don’t for one moment second guess their regret.

I know that it’s not everything in life that you can do or you must do, but to get the most out of life sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith and hope for the best and at least if it doesn’t work out, you can say at least you tried, or that there was something in life that you wanted and you made it happen, never mind whether it worked out or not, you took a chance and you did it.

My biggest fear is that one day I look back at my life and have those thoughts, that I had the most amazing opportunities to fulfil my dreams, to find new dreams and to make amazing memories in magical places with magnificent people, but I didn’t, and for no real life threatening reason other than … I just didn’t.

So I guess when I put it like that my family and friends are right, I am brave.

Love Sara (A Brave little lady!)xxx

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Should the NHS really pay for the PIP Implant Removal?

The other morning whilst trying to drag my lazy behind out of bed and then once again whilst dressing my lazy behind for work, I had on the TV as background noise acting as a stay awake mechanism, and twice in one morning on the same breakfast show there were at least three different women telling their stories about the problems and concerns they’ve had relating to this French Breast Implant saga.

A few weeks back there was breaking news that Breast Implants manufactured by the French company Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) could be linked to a rare type of cancer called Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL). With this announcement the French authorities recommended that women with these implants should have them removed at the states expense. So with that announcement hitting the headlines the ladies across the channel began to panic and make a stand for the same entitlement as the French, but at the time the UK had not recommended removal of the implants, at least not at their expense.



As a British citizen, if I had these implants I cannot pretend that I wouldn’t be pissed at the government’s attitude towards an issue that could potentially be life threatening. However on the flipside I have to be real about the situation, despite the fact that these particular implants are believed to be filled with an unapproved non-medical grade silicone made from mattresses and there have been reports that say the protective barriers are faulty, whether this was known or clearly unknown at the time of their decision, these ladies have to accept that fact and the responsibility that they made the conscious choice to have something unnatural put into their bodies for cosmetic reasons and not because it was what the doctor ordered for better health.




There have been thousands of women all around the world that have had silicon and fat inserted and injected into various parts of their bodies for a fuller and more voluptuous figures that evidently were not what God or their mama’s gave them, and they have never experienced these issues, perhaps their silicone and fat suppliers were just a lot more legit? But either way those ladies the same as the ladies that were battling for the NHS to pay to take out their hazardous implants surely must have been given a list of risks? Surely this current risk was not one of them but can they honestly say that never in their wildest dreams did they think that inserting silicone, plastic or any other manmade product INTO their body would not one day have these sorts of complications? Be Real!! It’s not that I don’t get the anger, worry and frustration of these women who have had these implants under debateable false pretences have, but they went out of their way to pay for surgery for vanity then surely they should’ve been prepared to do the same for their health especially if it was for their own PERSONAL reasons why they went under the knife in the first place!

However with that being said I was not completely against the NHS removing these implants as I think that in the long run it may be a lot more cost effective than treating women for a cancer that could have been avoided, but I also believe that the company that produced the PIP breast implants should be at the forefront of this and that the women who put their trust into their product should’ve been knocking on their door demanding they cover the removal cost bankrupt or not!

After causing a fuss over through the media the NHS have made the decision to take out any of the PIP implants to patients who had them through the NHS (I had no idea that this service was even available through the NHS! And there was me thinking that our money was just about spent on health issues that mattered?!). Although these women who were somehow fortunate enough to have them through the NHS may be able to breathe a sigh of relief, the women who opted for the procedure to be done privately have not yet won their battle, but rest assure tax payers without PIP implants, the NHS is working on those private sector to ensure that they foot the bill!

I only hope that this is a lesson to women and men for the future! We all have hang ups about our bodies but is it really worth going through something like this all in the name of vanity? But if it is then please accept the fact that you are partially responsible for the outcome whether it be a good, bad or fatal one.

Love Sara (A little Lady with an opinionated mind) .xxxx

Happy New Year Lovers! 2012 is Here!!!!

Happy New Year Lovers!! I hope you all had a cracking Christmas break and saw the New Year in with the people that you love the most.

2011 for me was a bitter sweet year to say the least, but I got through it and here I am in 2012 ready for whatever life has to throw at moi.

If there is anything that 2011 taught me, it’s that you never know what life has in store for you, sometimes it’s the good stuff and sometimes it’s that bad stuff, but whatever it is just roll with it and follow your heart when feeling passionate but always follow your gut when feeling hesitant and you can’t go wrong, and even when it feel as though you’ve gone wrong, know that there is a lesson to be learnt out of each good and bad decision that you make.

Life is what you make it and it sure as hell don’t wait for no one. So here’s my advice for 2012 and every day thereafter, love when you want to, cry when you need to, laugh when you want to, dance when and where you want to because you never know what is around the corner!

One last and important piece of advice for 2012 and beyond is always remember to smile! Even on those days when it’s hard to and you feel as though you have little to smile about, just smile because it’s amazing what a smile can do!

Happy 2012 guys, may you have a great year full of happiness, Joy, surprises, love, laughter and success that will not only last through the year, but for all the hours, days, months and years thereafter.

Love Sara (A little lady who cannot wait to see what 2012 has in store). xxx