"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do."

This Helen Keller quote was the inspiration for this blog. Sunflowers were my favourite flower when I was younger, I was born in April so have learnt to see the beauty in April showers and I truly believe light will always shine through even in the darkest of places.
Posts on this blog will aim to show that you can live an active, healthy and happy life with an invisible illness.


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