This photo is from this time a year ago, when I was off on holiday and also recovering from shingles. I’m not going to subject you to a picture of me at my worst (which was basically a year ago on Wednesday just gone) but suffice it to say that it was a really rubbish time for me personally and professionally.
There have been a lot of challenges over the last year, but standing here at the moment I’m pretty proud of myself for finding a way through and out the other side. I remember how beaten down I was this time last year and I’m pretty sure I’m in a better place now. I don’t often talk about the various people in my life, but a lot of the fact that I’m happier now is down to them and their support in various ways, so today I want to say thank you to them for all they do for me and for believing in me – often more than I do myself!
Verity Reads Books (lots of them) 
Sympathies – I’ve just had shingles. Still waiting for a very bad rash to go, over a month on. Not something I’d wish on anyone.
I’m really sorry to hear that – shingles is really, really pants. And I think I’ve been more prone to getting bugs since I had to too. And it took a long while for me to get my energy levels backup to normal. SO be kind to yourself as you recover – because even when the rash goes, the after effects linger.