heya! im beth! (as you might have already guessed!) im 16, iv been a young carer for 2 years now (well nearly 2 years anyway) i care for my mum who has arthritis, my mum and dad split up when i was young, but i still see my dad a lot, infact they get along more now than they did when they were together (witch is a bit odd) i have a sister called Marisa (who is 28) and personally i think she’s the best sister in the world! iv always wanted a brother (but haven’t got one) well no actually that’s a lie because i adopted ewan as my brother in the chat room the other day ( and im now considering adopting Sam as my aunty!) any way back to the subject, i do have a brother-in-law called mike (who is 27), i do believe i get on rather well with mike, infact i think he’s the best brother in law in the world, but im not going to tell him that, as it is a common known fact that younger sister-in-laws do NOT admit to liking there brother-in-laws, and im sure any one with a brother-in-law would agree with me!! (and just 2 let u know im a Jehovah’s witness so if any 1 has any questions 4 me about it feel free 2 ask)!!  lets see what should I talk about now??? likes and dislikes, well i like a lot of things, here are a list of them! 1)doctor who! 2)going 2 my dads flat & my sisters house! 3)being with my friends! 4) painting (and anything to do with art! 5) poems, i love writing my poems! 6) skating, im not really that good on the ice, but i must admit i am getting much better! 7)Cleethorpes kite festival, its such a grate event the kites there are huge! 8)music, listening 2 mika always makes me happy! 9) holidays, iv been on holiday 2 many places, London was a good one, but I do prefer 2 be in Scotland, gala, Glasgow ,Edinburgh etc: iv been 2 all them places, but my favourite place is Glencoe, infact id like 2 move there when im older!  10) BIG HUGS , anyone want a hug??? come 2 me!!!!!!!! things I don’t like are 1) any vegetables that aren’t green(except carrots and potatoes) 2)my dads veerry smelly feet! 3)the speed in witch my legs seem to grow hair! 4)being cold! 5) bullies! 6)lots more things ( to many to name) 7) people nagging, and one of the worst people I know for nagging is hayley, hayley came to live with us when she was younger and we sort of adopted her in a way, and we haven’t seemed to be able to get rid of her since, but oh how she nags hayley has a son called Harry, I think hed be pretty hard to get rid of as well, not that we want to ofcorse because he’s our haz!  erm, more about me?? my favorite girls name is tiffany, my favorite boys name is kinloch! ( from kinlochleven in Glencoe) (ill tell u about that later in this blog)

my mums arthritis started the day after my cousins wedding, she had a bug ( or so we thought) then somehow she got from bad to worse, it went from just a normal bug to a painful joint condition! then she became bed bound, which wasn’t very pleasant at all, i had to help her walk to the loo, and nearly do everything! witch I really did NOT like (dad came 2 help me move he bed downstairs, and i slept on the floor on a bed next 2 her incase she need me in the night!, I really didn’t want to be a young carer at first, and mum didn’t want me to be one, mum wanted her freedom and I did not want the responsibility, but as time passed we got used to the fact and now were fine with it!!