Reija Sillanpaa
Bio
Writer, reader, blogger, charity fundraiser. Find me on: https://cyclingforcancer.co.uk/
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Stories (103/0)
The Four-Leaf Clover of Hope
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say,” mum had remarked every time she and Anna watched another space shuttle shoot towards unknown worlds. Anna had watched the space explorers’ every broadcast from inside the shuttles and dressed her Barbie dolls in space suits, dreaming that one day she could be like those brave men and women travelling to space.
By Reija Sillanpaa3 months ago in Fiction
I Slept With 217 Men to Find Mr Right
My Dear Mum, I am telling you this in a letter because I don’t know who you will react to this secret I have kept from you for several years. This way, you will can get angry and, hopefully, have time to calm down again before I see you next and we can talk about this, woman to woman.
By Reija Sillanpaa7 months ago in Confessions
Messages in Repeated Numbers
Have you ever repeatedly seen the same numbers? If you have, maybe it’s time you paid them more attention. The likelihood is that they are trying to tell you something. Let me start with a short personal story of how I learnt to interpret these numbers.
By Reija Sillanpaa7 months ago in Motivation
The Weight of Surviving
April 15th 1992 Thought number one: Thank you, Lord, for another day. Thought number two: Why did you save me? At ninety-four years old, James still woke up every morning to these two thoughts. He had lived a good life, tried to be worthy of being saved, yet the question remained.
By Reija Sillanpaa7 months ago in Fiction
- Runner-Up in We Have a Dream Challenge
Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone to Speak Up For Equitable Cancer CareRunner-Up in We Have a Dream Challenge
I have always been a very private person. Most often I kept my feelings and thoughts to myself. I’d rather listen than speak. Ask me to speak in public and I'd break out in hives.
By Reija Sillanpaa9 months ago in Longevity
My best furry friend
When I was ten-eleven years old, I had Japanese dancing mice as pets. Yes, I know, the Life Unleashed challenge asks us to write about a memory my dog and I made together. But the mice a relevant to the story. Very relevant. And no, my dog didn’t eat the mice. It is nothing that dramatic.
By Reija Sillanpaa10 months ago in Petlife
