Pick Me Up! 10-Jun-2021

At the age of just 23, my brother Robin was sadly diagnosed with testicular cancer. This came as a huge shock to the whole family as Robin was a fit, healthy young lad who was in the prime of his life. We were all devastated, and watching Robin decline was the hardest period of my life. Robin sadly passed away on 10 December 2011, just 10 months after his diagnosis. We were left completely broken, but we knew we wanted something positive to come out of his tragedy. So, in memory of Robin, myself, my eldest brother Adam, 36, and our parents, Mark and Lorna, launched The Robin Cancer Trust. In September 2012, we registered as an official charity and our hope was that we could prevent another family from…

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Lugging the weekly shop down the road, I let out a long sigh. ‘Everything OK, Love?’ my mum, Diana Gray, 50, asked. ‘Yeah, just tired,’ I replied. In truth, I was exhausted. As a mum-of-two, that was natural, but despite having a partner by my side to help, I felt like I was doing it all alone. I’d first met Daniel Hall, now 24, in school. Three years older than me, he was just someone I knew through friends. However, in 2016, having both left school, our friendship took a romantic turn. To begin with, things were great between us. Daniel was kind, funny and always made me smile. We had the same group of friends, so we spent a lot of time together, and I couldn’t have been happier.…

As I struggled to keep on top of the kids and housework, Daniel remained hurled up in bed. ‘I need your help,’ I told him in February 2020. By this point, I’d stopped caring about what he would do to me. I was tired and exhausted. Then, suddenly, Daniel sprang out of bed as he heard his Xbox being turned on in the living room. Running in, he was furious as Riley was sticking a DVD in the player. ‘What are you doing?’ he screamed at him. Watching on, I sprang into mum-mode. Picking up Riley, I wasn’t going to let Daniel hurt him. Only, Daniel had lost it and was smashing up the place. ‘It’s OK,’ I cooed, as Riley screamed in my arms. ‘No, it’s not!’ Daniel yelled.…

Slipping into a sexy handmade costume, I posed for my fans. With hundreds of subscribers on the site OnlyFans, I always make sure to please. Constantly chatting and sending images, I love my online community. I almost stumbled into it a few years ago and I’ve never looked back. You see, not only is it a great community, but it also saved my life. My health began playing up when I was just nine-years-old, and I’d been in and out of hospital ever since. It all started at the end a one-week trip to Spain with my grandparents, way back when. I’d been completely fine all week, but at the airport on the way home, I had a sudden urge to throw up. Everyone hoped I’d just picked up a…