by Liz Champion | Jul 5, 2019 | Memoir
I’M settling down to watch Killing Eve on catch up when the email comes through. It’s from the university, the one I’ve been studying at for what feels like forever. It says there’s an update waiting for me on the official university system. Immediately my heart jumps...
by Liz Champion | Jun 28, 2019 | Memoir
I WALK into work on Monday morning and my boss is almost jumping off her chair she’s that excited. ‘I’ve lost four-and-a-half pounds in my first week at fat club!’ she tells me, clapping her hands together and grinning. ‘That’s fantastic. Well done!’ I sit down,...
by Liz Champion | Jun 21, 2019 | Memoir
IT’S Saturday, a week before I’m taking part in a local trail relay race and I don’t know the route. All I know is that I start at point A (Cannon Hall) and finish at point B (the Yorkshire Sculpture Park). I know how to get from A to B on the road, but this is...
by Liz Champion | May 31, 2019 | Memoir, Travel and Away Days
‘All you need to do,’ Chris said. ‘Is come out of the hotel, turn left, walk to the end of the road and you’ll see the runners. Then walk to the other end of the road and you can watch us come past again. After that, head for the finish and I’ll meet you there.’ It...
by Liz Champion | Jan 4, 2019 | Memoir
It’s August when I walk into a local pub only to come face-to-face with a life-sized Santa Claus. ‘Never!’ I say to Chris. ‘That’s just wrong.’ Being forced to confront Christmas so early in the year immediately sends me into a panic. I stand in the doorway, in a...
by Liz Champion | Oct 15, 2018 | Memoir
AT work I go on a health and wellbeing course where the instructor keeps stressing the importance of taking time for yourself. Me time, he writes on the white board. “It recharges the batteries,” he says. “It’s time out from the daily grind and helps to reduce stress...
