Today is nine years since I started pinkpalaceangel.com

I’d created a blog post in the autumn prior to that for a one off project and decided it was something I’d like to explore further. I was totally mental health focused back in those early days; that was pretty much my life. I wasn’t diagnosed with bipolar until later that year, and it took me very much longer to become as stabilised as I currently am. At the time of launching the blog I was still very unwell, but given writing has generally proved to be therapeutic, it seemed like a good idea. I think if I’m honest I fancied myself as a bit of a voice for the mentally ill. An awareness raiser. In reality it didn’t happen. My readership remains fairly small, and all I really achieve is communicating the ins and outs of my life (past and present) with my friends. Still they seem to appreciate it.

My life has changed beyond recognition in the last nine years, Although I am unable to work still due to ill health, and, don’t foresee that changing, I’ve learned to be content in where I am and what I have.

My success as a body positive lingerie enthusiast and sex toy tester will probably be about as well received as my mental health influencing, but hey ho. I enjoy it. And if you’d have asked me nine years ago if I’d be posing in underwear and giving frank reviews of vibrators, I would probably have even been too embarrassed to even laugh. Exploring my sexuality since 2015 has definitely been a bonus. As has finding a lovely husband.

I will continue blogging in the same vein for the foreseeable future I imagine. If at some point in time it ceases to be enjoyable, I’ll revisit things then. You never know one day I might write something interesting 😂