Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day has been and gone.

A day of love, romance, hugs, kisses and in my a opinion, another great excuse to create a memory!

I expected to see a lot of lovey dovey Facebook status' and 'tweets', however, they never came! There may have been a few, but not to the extent as previous years

Where is the love guys?!


Waking up the feel of soft kisses on my forehead and my hair being stroked reminded me just how much better reality can be than my dreams. As I sat up, still half asleep, a tray full of food wad laid before me. Breakfast in bed, what a great way for my boyfriend to start of Valentine's Day!

Staying with the cheesy romantic theme of Valentine's Day we went and saw a movie called 'The Vow'. It was amazing, a true romantic and tear jerker film, acting was spot in and the story line really got our thinking. The movie reminded you just how lucky in life you are to have people who love you and how we should all be thankful for the people we have. We tend to assume that we will always have our memories, we think that they will be something we will always have, some people would prefer to only have good ones but how would you feel if they were all taken away from?

This movie reminded me that it is not just Valentine’s Day that should have us all loved up, our any other special occasion for that matter, but it should be every day that we are paying special attention to our loved ones.

As I lay in bed that night, I was quite happy not being able to get to sleep.

Why would I sleep and dream when reality is a million times better?

Leanne x

Drunk at 11...

Whilst flicking through the news something bizarre got my eye. It appeared to be a mother claiming that she and her eleven year old son always get drunk together!! I could not believe my ears when I heard this. He is only eleven! How on earth could the woman find that acceptable?!

The mother and son were seen staggering about drunk at 8pm and had allegedly been drinking since 9am...shocking! The kid was seen swigging from a bottle of vodka. He staggered about the place, eventually slumping to the ground and being rushed to hospital. I

honestly cannot believe this!

The mother was of course taken to court but surprisingly walked away completely free! She is described by neighbours as a drunk, and blamed letting her son drink on her past 'wretched life'. In my opinion I do not deem this as an appropriate excuse, perhaps it could be seen as a form of explanation for her being a 'drunk' but not for letting eleven year old get into this state.

I myself am not a mother, nor am I anywhere near becoming one so therefore I am in no position to blatantly say this person is in the wrong...however I do think she needs to step back and realise that she is putting her son's health at a serious risk.

There is age limits set on alcohol for a reason! We are constantly hearing about kids underage drinking on the streets, but in my eyes, the issue becomes a million times more problematic when it comes to the fact that underage kids are able to drink under adult supervision.

These days we see more and more kids at a declining age, falling into troublesome behaviour. Whether it be; underage drinking, smoking, fighting, knife crime, gun crime, gangs or rioting, the behaviour of them is deteriorating. I think it's time we sort this out. Once people see kids like this the majority of the time they think to themselves the kids are low lives, doomed to failure.

Perhaps it is time for society to stop pointing the finger and condemning these kids, and actually try to help them instead?

Is There Really Such a Thing as Young Love?

I was recently at a family party for my friends 18th birthday. He has the cutest wee sister ever; she's eight years old and was very excited to show me her boyfriend Charlie. They were very quiet and like normal wee kids were shy and embarrassed about it. It was so cute.

Next thing I know...they broke up!!! Seriously! They just broke up. My friend’s little sister was in tears, her daddy had to go and cheer her up. She couldn't stop crying....I felt so sorry for her

 

By the end of the night they were back together. Although it got me thinking...is there such a thing as young love?Ok, so I know they are only eight, but obviously something was there...maybe not love, but some amount of feelings for them to get hurt at the end.

 

 

People always say when you’re a little kid you don't have a clue about love, maybe you won't fall in love as a kid, you defiantly will never be an expert at that age...but who knows, maybe they can at least  experience a hint of it. Hasn't it been said that love knows no boundries?





Aren't those pictures so cute?

Leanne x

Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

Imagine you are 18 years old (for some of you that may be a very long time ago...jokes), imagine that you are about to embark on your first holiday away with your friends. You would be excited, thrilled, there would be nights out, cocktails, dancing, playing and whatever else you may happen to get up top. You are free; you can do what you like, no parents!! No-one to say no you can't do that, or decide when dinner is or tell what you can or cannot wear.

Of course you will tell your parents about it all when you get back, but there will be some of it that you will tend to keep on the down low.

Now imagine being the parent....your child is going on holiday for the first time alone. Let's be honest, you will be worried and want to know how they are buuuut at the same time there is just some stuff you'd rather remain oblivious to.

Sun, sex and Suspicious Parents is a show on the BBC, were parents seceretly follow their teens on holiday and see everything they get up to.

 There is just some things in life we would rather not and should not see, for instance an ape in a dress or the gross 'two girls one cup' clip...and for most adults its their young offspring’s antics on a foreign holiday with their mates.

 It’s wrong, they don't need to know every single little thing their adult children get up to. If my parents suddenly appeared on my holiday I would be raging!! I have nothing to hide from them, I am honestly quite open to them about what I get up to, but it would be the fact that they came on my holiday, took away my freedom and i would feel like they didn't trust me!!!

It's so annoying when the parents get all annoyed at the teens; they are the ones who invaded on the holiday!! They are young and trying to enjoy life, experience new things, trial and error, learn from the mistakes and all that jazz!!!

 Mummy, Daddy...if you are reading this....please don't turn up on my holiday otherwise I will have to find new parents :p

We are young, we are sensible, you taught us well, just trust us...we wouldn't do anything would never have done.... =D

Leanne x