Love Notes From My Phone

‘Walking in the dark abyss of pain and anguish made me feel like there was no hope for survival and that it was not worth it to carry on.
I viewed love through a dark haze at times, and heartbreak embodied my life for many years; I took solace in drunken escapades with men and meaningless sexual experiences.
This is my story; this is my truth; this is the real, raw, emotional, passionate, ecstatic, painful, genuine tale of my life.
This is a tale of longing for so long when, if only I had held my head high and my shoulders upright, I would have realized it was me I was looking for in the mirror all along.’
Cat Hopes

Cat is a 27-year-old ex-student of the University of St Andrews where she studied Spanish and French. She is now finishing her degree at the Open University. She found a love for English Literature early in life and started writing short stories and poems from a young age.
Her hobbies include travelling, going to art galleries, reading, writing her raw emotions into poetry, listening to music and painting.