Hello everyone, and welcome to my Blog!
As well as serving it's main purpose as my Chronic Illness related blog, this project is also home to the self-established project 'Bravery Bottles'🌺.
On this website, you find everything you need to know about me, the project, which currently includes 'Katie's Care Kits'🎁 and 'Teddies with Trachs'🐻, as well as blog posts of my own, joint blog posts with my boyfriend (you’ll be redirected to our joint blog for these), our Etsy shop for ‘customisable keyrings/keychains’, and..chapter-by-chapter updates on the book I am currently working on; my latest long-term project.
Regardless of whether you’ve clicked on this page intentionally, or you’ve found yourself here after stumbling across the link during a 2am Facebook stalking session, I hope that the website serves the project’s intended purpose: to provide an insight into life with chronic illness, to recognise the difficulties that life brings each day, and to show that happiness can be found in the least expected places at the least expected times!
In terms of my blog and in order to help as many people as possible, my personal aim is to take my own advice; step outside of my own comfort zone in order to provide a day-to-day account of the ups, downs, good, bad, honest, vulnerable, and – above all – realistic account into my life personally, as well as speaking on behalf of those living with chronic illness(es) too.
I will stand by my promise of being a contact for anyone, anywhere, at any time, whether to help rationalise frantic thoughts, to pass on first-hand experience (as opposed to piecing together very vague and fragmented information from Dr. Google!), to suggest realistic and sensible steps forward, to be an advocate for the chronically ill, or just to be a shoulder to cry on – something that everyone needs from time to time!
Ultimately, my aim will always fall back to making ‘Bravery Bottles’ the blog that wish I found when first falling ill, and for it to provide the information, advice, guidance, and reassurance to those who need it.
So today, if nothing else, make it your good deed to:
1. Subscribe to my blog (ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE SIDE BAR)
2. ‘Like’ the project’s public Facebook page (Bravery Bottles), and
3. Follow the my Instagram page (@katiefant_blog).
Thank you to you all for your ongoing support, and remember that you’re never alone (and so never have to suffer alone).
Any news/updates/announcements will be provided in the side bar. The quickest way to contact me is via email (braverybottles@hotmail.com), but other methods of reaching me are included on the ‘Contact me’ page.
