A Cancer Diagnosis, Overwhelming Support And Kindness Oh, what an emotional roller coaster of a summer it's been! We seem to have had more downs than ups, but I'm not complaining, not really, as it could have been so much worse. We started the summer with my sister giving her husband a kidney ... [ Read More ]
Feeling Relieved
Feeling Relieved There is no better word I can think of, than relieved, to describe the latter part of my week. I have been feeling relieved that the operation has finally happened and that my brother-in-law is now the proud owner of one of my sister's kidneys. It wasn't until after ... [ Read More ]
The Zakynthos Youth Theatre Performed At The Annual Dog Show
Recently... The Zakynthos Youth Theatre were asked if they would like to perform at the Zakynthos 5th Annual Dog Show; a dog show that is put on to help raise funds to sterilise, feed and re-home the stray and abandoned dogs we have on the island. It was a fun day out. Dog owners entered their ... [ Read More ]
Treasure Hunt In Aid Of The Stray Dogs On Zakynthos
The Treasure Hunt... A few weeks back I was asked to make a cake for a treasure hunt being held to raise funds for the stray dogs on Zakynthos. It was nice to be asked as I used to create novelty cakes to order, as a little side earner when the children were small. It was something that I enjoyed ... [ Read More ]
The Story Of The Dumped Dog That Found Her Forever Home…
Unwanted Dogs Being Abandoned... I live on the Greek island of Zakynthos and here as well as all over Greece there is a major problem with dogs being abandoned on the street, litters of unwanted puppies being dumped in bins/fields/up mountains - basically in the middle of nowhere and left to die. ... [ Read More ]
People Dug Deep Again For Comic Relief….
Last Friday night I sat and watched the Comic Relief program with my two children, for anyone who doesn't know, Comic Relief is a British charity that raises money to help people living tough lives in the UK and in Africa. Every second year, in March, there is what has become known as Red Nose ... [ Read More ]