20/03/2026
A week ago today I got a tattoo that mean more to me than meets the eye. This is mine and my wife’s logo for our Disability Awareness FB page Our Adventures with Spina Bifida. (Please Like and Follow us if you haven’t already).
This image symbolises breaking through barriers and not sticking within a confined space. To add to that I have added cracks in the head with gold to signify kintsugi ( Japanese art to repair broken pottery using gold joinery) to represent my mental health struggle and overcoming the parts that broke me whilst keeping the main aspect of myself in the past 2 years.
I have been through more health issues then I could throw a stick at, and yes I broke, yes I was done and yes, I was in my darkest moments physically, mentally and emotionally.
With that being said, 2 years on I look back at that broke me, and say I WIN!! I have achieved so much in the past 2 years since, my wife and I have been approved to adopt, I have maintained my job, and yes I studied to become a life coach which I am working towards a career in.
None of that would have been possible without the love and support from my friends and family, my job being ok with so much sick days and looking back at all I have endured in my life that should have broken me (some things that did) but remembering I never quit.
My wife has and continues to be my rock, my number one spectator, my best friend and the one person who has seen sides of me no one else ever has but continues to always be there and never give up on me, even when I wanted to give up on myself. For that I will always be grateful to have the best left hand woman (we’re both lefties) by my side through the good and the bad.
Remember you are stronger than you think, more resilient than you know and have the power to turn any negative situation into something positive.