A Friend In Need

I always love writing about friendship, but these friendships are extra special - there’s something so important about being friends with someone from a different generation. I think we have so much to teach each other! These beautiful pairs share their stories in Woman’s Weekly.

Latest StoriesKim WillisOctober 22, 2020friendship, feelgood vibes, connection, commuity, human kindnessComment

From furloughed to helpers!

Continuing my theme of community spirit stories during lockdown, here is the lovely Sasha and her Doorstep Diaries project. When lockdown brought her career to a pause, Sasha took to the streets near her home (always within one hour’s walking distance, to stick to the rules!) and took portraits of neighbours on their doorsteps. The pictures are so good - and a powerful reminder of a strange time in all our lives.

Latest StoriesKim WillisJune 23, 2020lockdown, feelgood vibes, community spirit, photography projectsComment

I've opened a virtual pub for widows like me

What a lovely human being Sue is - having gone through the pain of loss, she knew how dangerously isolating and lonely lockdown was going to be for others navigating widowhood. She set up The Widow’s Arms, an online pub for members of the rather brilliant charity WAY Widowed and Young. Connections and friendship, even while we’re forced apart - another example of great things emerging in the hardest of times.

Latest StoriesKim WillisMay 6, 2020feelgood vibes, lockdown, WAY widowed and youngComment

World Down's syndrome Day 2020 - a retrospective collective

Every year for World Down’s syndrome Day (March 21st) I like to put together a retrospective collective of all my stories celebrating the Down’s syndrome community. Here we are then!