Love from, Florence Grace

...being a girl.  Surprised? I know at least one of you will be. (In jokes on blog posts are really annoying I know, so I fully apologise for this guys).  Honestly though, being a girl can be pretty shit a lot of the time- dealing with fuck boys, having periods, people voting for Donald Trump to be President so he can tell men everywhere that it's okay to grab you by the pussy... you get my drift. However, it's not all bad being a girl. In fact, sometimes it's the best thing ever because... You can be a princess allllllll the time My best friend text me on my birthday saying "What have you been doing today?" and I genuinely wasn't lying when I told her I'd been lying in bed all day wearing a tiara. The same friend also bought me a tiara for my birthday, taking my collection up to three now. You don't see boys getting to wear tiara's and calling their bratty behaviour 'princess' behaviour, do you?  We have better ...

Today is May 1st (in case you didn't know) and that means it's not only my half birthday (wooh!) but also May Day- and the day that I got to be the May Princess at my towns first ever May Fair!  The May Queen was truly inspirational, a young lady called Charlotte who suffered from a brain virus when she was just two years old, leaving her in a coma for three months . Doctors didn't believe she would ever be able to walk or talk- and yet now, at the age of 24, she has gone through life doing both of those things! She is truly an incredible young lady. She looked so beautiful too! We arrived at Watermead nice and early at 10am to receive our handmade flower corsages for the day, and for Charlotte to pick up her head dress. They were so beautiful and smelt lovely too! Then at 11:20 we were picked up in a vehicle owned by the event sponsors and driven on to the site, right in to the middle of the field where the fair was being held! Our arrival was an...

Today I received some very exciting news... I'm going to be a princess! Okay, okay, it's only going to be for a day but still - how exciting?  Basically a few weeks ago, I heard my town was putting on it's first ever 'proper' May Fair and were looking for a May Queen. Straight away I applied, because a) I am a queen and deserve to have the official title and b) I wanted to wear a crown. Lols. Anyway, a few weeks passed and I heard nothing until this morning!  The judges emailed me to explain that they had selected a young woman with learning disabilities to be the May Queen but that there had been a unanimous decision that she should have two princesses by her side to accompany her and assist her with royal duties on the day. They wanted one of these princesses to be me- and so of course, I accepted!  I get a floral bracelet made of real flowers that will co ordinate with the colour of my dress (pink, of course) and will be driven to the e...

Sometimes people say I'm a bit of a princess. I don't like getting my hands dirty, I don't like my foods to touch, I don't like manual labour style chores (e.g. washing up) and apparently this makes me worthy of a royal title- like that's a bad thing! More often than not though, I have to correct people though; because I'm not a princess. I'm a queen . darlings! Feel what I'm saying, or are you a bit lost? Want to know if you too are worthy of a royal title? Here's 10 signs you're a total princess. 1) You don't do any chores. You can't possibly spend time doing chores when you have places to go and people to see- and you couldn't possibly risk ruining your nails in that dirty water either! Wear marigolds, you say? Sorry, but they're one big fashion no ! I couldn't possibly commit that crime. 2) You own one or more tiara. So what if they're made of plastic with cubic zirconia instead of real diamonds,...