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Hannah Marie Brankley
Life In My 30's
  • Starting My Life At 30
    2022 | Lifestyle | My IBD Journey

    Starting My Life At 30

    Hours 12 May 20222 November 2024

    Hello, I’m Hannah Marie Brankley and I’m starting my life at 30. When I was young and asked what I wanted to be when I…

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  • It’s Coming Out! & World Ostomy Day
    2021 | Lifestyle | My IBD Journey

    It’s Coming Out! & World Ostomy Day

    Hours 2 October 202120 August 2023

    When I say “It’s coming out” what I mean is, I’ll be having a subtotal colectomy, just in time for World Ostomy Day! If you…

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  • Loop Ileostomy Surgery, Six Year Update & World IBD Day
    2020 | Lifestyle | My IBD Journey

    Loop Ileostomy Surgery, Six Year Update & World IBD Day

    Hours 19 May 20202 November 2024

    I’ve known for a while, that this blog post could be coming and I’ll be covering everything from my loop ileostomy surgery, my six year…

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  • Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week
    2017 | Lifestyle | My IBD Journey

    Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week

    Hours 4 December 20172 November 2024

    From the 1st-7th December, it’s Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week. In February 2014 I was diagnosed with a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease called Ulcerative…

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Happy New Year 🎊 With 2025 coming to an end, I c Happy New Year 🎊 

With 2025 coming to an end, I couldn’t resist joining this trend again. It’s made me realise how important it is to document the good moments. 

Even the quiet ones 📸

2025 was a year of growth, connection, and learning what a steadier life can look like. When I look back through my photos and memories, I can see just how much has changed. Gently, but meaningfully.

This year I…

💼 Started a new job that I love.
📚 Grew within the book community, joined some fantastic readathons, and made so many lovely book friends.
🎟️ Went to my very first book event.
✨ Met the wonderful Lucy Jane Wood.
☀️ Spent more sunny days reading in the hammock.
💻 Had my most productive year yet with my blog and content creation.
🍽️ Enjoyed more time with friends and many more meals out.
🚗 Travelled better and further than I have in years.
❤️‍🩹 Took part in more bowel and stoma-related events online and met some truly amazing people.
🧬 Uncovered new ancestors and family records.
🎃 Said hello to even more trick or treaters this year.
🔥 Went through my first full year with no flare-ups.
🏋🏻‍♀️ Joined the gym (it didn’t last as long as planned, but I’m hopeful for the year ahead).
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Reconnected with family I hadn’t seen in a long time.

But, as with life, there were lows too.

We said goodbye to our beloved girl, Gwen, after 15 years 🤍 Losing her has been the biggest change to daily life since my stoma surgery. And not one I’ve adjusted to quickly. She is missed every single day.

2025 wasn’t perfect, but I’m ending the year proud, grateful, and hopeful.

Here’s to 2026 🥂

#Goodbye2025 #Hello2026 #BloggingCommunity #BookCommunity #DisabilityCommunity
Merry Christmas!! 🎅🏻🎄 I hope everyone has an ama Merry Christmas!! 🎅🏻🎄 

I hope everyone has an amazing day ❤️

#Christmas #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays
Christmas sweet table - Done ✅ #Christmas #Christ Christmas sweet table - Done ✅

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Some festive shopping the last couple of weeks 🛍️🎄 Some festive shopping the last couple of weeks 🛍️🎄

Of course, there were books…

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Books and chocolate, Happy Easter! 🍫🐣 I hope you’v Books and chocolate, Happy Easter! 🍫🐣 I hope you’ve had a lovely day 💛

Day 95 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with Sunday in the title 📖

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✨ My April Possibilities… ✨ This month, the book ✨ My April Possibilities… ✨

This month, the book community is buzzing with readathons and the infamous 30 in 30 challenge (reading 30 books in 30 days)! I’ll be swapping some gaming and TV time for reading and seeing how many I can get through. Let’s see where I end up! 📚💛

Plus, April brings 12 new releases I’m so excited about:

📚 The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer
📚 The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst
📚 Chasing the Fire by Paisley Hope
📚 The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
📚 Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
📚 The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
📚 Stay for a Spell by Amy Coombe
📚 You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado
📚 How to Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen Perrin
📚 An Arcane Study of Stars by Sydney J. Shields
📚 The Sea Spinner by Julie Johnson
📚 Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

Here’s to an April hopefully being full of pages, magic, and maybe a little chaos. Who else is reading their way through the month? 💫📖

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It’s Pokethon Gym Day! 🎉 I’ve already earnt my bad It’s Pokethon Gym Day! 🎉 I’ve already earnt my badge, but I’m going to wind down this evening with The Knight and The Moth to tick off another prompt

I also picked this up in the Audible sale, so I’ll be immersion reading 🎧 I definitely spent way too much in that sale 😂

Day 94 of 365 Days of Prompts, from @booksandlala’s Buzzwordathon: Read a book with wearable accessories on the cover 👀

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Adding last month’s reads to my tracker 📚✨ I bough Adding last month’s reads to my tracker 📚✨ I bought this on Etsy and I’m obsessed 😍

Day 93 of 365 Days of Prompts, from @booksandlala’s Buzzwordathon: Read a book with ordinal numbers in the title

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