SPARKLES IS MY NICKNAME.

When I was at High School a friend of mine known as Possum started to call me Sparkles and it is a nickname that the friends in my life would agree fit’s well. Possum started to call me this because I was always a happy person. I have many happy memories of my teenage years and look upon the nickname with fondness.

The school chaplain would also have agreed because I can vividly remember her saying that everytime she saw me I was like a little ray of sunshine. If only she knew how apt the little ray of sunshine 🌞 description was. All my life my parents had told me that the Axiom song “A Little Ray of Sunshine ” was about me, because it was released when I was about a year old. I’ve grown up loving that song. If you haven’t heard it before, look it up, it is such a beautiful sentiment.

So Sparkles I am. I think it is a name that still fits, all these years down the track, because I genuinely am a optimistic person whom likes to spread cheer. Sparkles was also the name of a famous female clown, here in Melbourne. I honestly don’t mind sharing the nickname with her.

Russell tells me that I am a powerful source for positivity but honestly it is hard not to be happy when I am blessed with a number of very good people 🙏 ❤ in my life like him. I think a lot of people I’ve worked with in mental health would agree Sparkles would describe my attitude to life and that I spread cheer to the clients I worked with.

Like all good sparkly people I love wearing bling and dressing up. No I don’t dress as a clown, but I do like to sparkle particularly when I am around my loved one’s.

I think my nephews and niece’s would say I have always been positive and loving towards them. I remember Grace saying that I mean a lot to them because I always put other people before myself. They call me Aunty Kaye aka Sparkles. They too are fond of my positivity and optimism ✨.

I believe that we all have the ability to ✨ Sparkle in our lives. Look for the silver lining in our lives and be positive and grateful 🙏 for what God has provided us with. Be Kind to ourselves and don’t judge ourselves or others. Celebrate out small successes in life. Have a good laugh and have a sense of humour where we can laugh at ourselves first and foremost.

Do what Sparkles would do and in the immortal words of Monty Python Life of Brian., ” Always Look On Tbe Bright Side Of Life”