Author Laura Greenwood

  The Personal Stuff I don't think there's any doubt in my mind that 2023 has been a little bit of a rough year. I lost my Mum in March to Leukemia after her diagnosis turned terminal in January, and losing her has been hard. I've missed her a lot and had to come to terms with feelings I didn't expect to be going through at 30/31. Later in the year, Fudgestick had to have surgery to have his teeth removed, which was when we discovered he'd had the surgery before and we had no idea (we adopted him when he was four) - he's adapted really well and is loving life, but it was a tense few days. And after that, I started having dental issues myself which involved multiple infections, lots of antibiotics, and finally dental surgery while under sedation. I'm also now fine, but it was a tough couple of months. There were other things too, so all in all, it's been a little bit of a tough year. There have also been bright spots. I went on holiday with my school frie...