Pick Me Up! 11-Jul-2019

Walking around Borneo on my one-month trip to climb Mount Kinabalu, I was shocked by the amount of helpless stray dogs. Everywhere I turned there were malnourished, disabled dogs - desperately in need of some TLC. I soon realised I needed to help and extended my trip by two months. I fostered three dogs - Miracle, Star and Tess - who are all now five. I very quickly fell in love with them, and brought them back to the UK with me. As soon as I got back,I decided to start my charity - Miracles Mission. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy and I was going to need funds, so I set up a vegan festival in Leeds. The event made 16k and was enough to set the…

INFLATABLES Summer is competitive. Not only are we competing for the most glamorous outfits and the most golden tan, but now there is also the battle of the inflatables! This year, inflatables have got cooler, crazier and even more extreme. Why limit yourself to a little doughnut rubber ring when you can have a giant peacock that seats your whole family? Sam’s Club has released these enormous Party Bird Islands in rainbow unicorn, pink flamingo and purple peacock. These giant inflatables hold up to six adults at a time and are 10 feet wide and 10 feet tall. There’s nothing bigger and better! At £118, this might take up your whole holiday budget. But, with cup holders and a cooler, this really is a party in the pool! Alternatively, if…

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A giant pint of pimms in the sun. It was bigger than my head! - Emma Cullen, Bournemouth I think it’s safe to say Freddie loved the beach! Alice Williams, Surrey My brother and his girlfriend dressed as Shaggy and Velma for our family dress-up party! Lauren Francis, Bristol I took my grandchildren to a climbing centre last week and they loved it - Sylvia Mahon, Bristol Me and my boyfriend Neil on holiday on Northumberland. I’m still getting used to the beard - Nicole Roper, London If your letter makes Star Letter of the week, you will receive some beautiful blooms from Flying Flowers. With over 30 years’ experience of helping celebrate life’s special moments and FREE delivery by post, a gorgeous bouquet by Flying Flowers is a lovely…

Stepping out of the shower, I stood in front of the mirror. ‘Look at the state of that,’ I frowned, holding up my wobbly belly. Pushing 40, I wasn’t exactly expecting to have a perfect body, but still, I wasn’t best pleased with my appearance. I’d always been pretty healthy, but when I had my sons Jay, now 22, and Brandon, 19, the skin around my belly had stretched, leaving behind loose skin and horrible stretch marks even all these years later. I loved taking my boys and my grandson Theo, now three, to the beach. But as I watched them splash around in the waves, I’d always been too self-conscious to reveal my mum-tum, hiding away under sarongs and baggy T-shirts. I’d had breast implants back in 2002 to…

Eyes flickering open, I adjusted to the light as I heard a kind voice beside me. ‘Ms Harrison, do you feel alright?’ a nurse asked me. ‘Yes,’ I mumbled groggily. Getting my bearings, I realised I was lying in bed in a hospital ward. Then I suddenly remembered - my surgery! Looking down, I expected to see a flat tummy and perfectly shaped breasts. But instead I was greeted with a wad of bandages wrapped around my torso. ‘It will take a few days for the swelling to go down,’ the doctor told me. ‘But the surgery went well.’ Breathing a sigh of relief, I called the boys back home to tell them the good news. I couldn’t fly home right away, so the next day, released from hospital, I…