About Me

Hi! My name is Tanya.

Thank you for popping over to my blog today.  

I love to blog, it means I get to write! I've had a love and compulsion to write since I was a teenager, and blogging fulfils that urge and desire.

Blogging allows me to creatively express myself!

Chronic Illness, Family Life & Kinship Care

If you’ve found your way here, chances are you’re carrying more than most people can see.

Cracked Nails & Split Ends is a lived experience blog about chronic illness, family life, and navigating kinship care and Special Guardianship Orders in the UK. This space exists for honesty, solidarity, and the things we’re not always allowed to say out loud.

What you’ll find here:

I write about:

• Living with chronic illness while caring for others

• The emotional and practical realities of kinship care and SGO

• Family life under pressure

• Grief, exhaustion, love, and resilience, often all at once

Where to begin (cornerstones):

If you’re new, these posts are a good place to start:

• What Is a Special Guardianship Order?

• Life as a Kinship Carer: What No One Prepares You For

• Caring for Family While Living With Chronic Illness

• The Emotional Toll of Kinship Care

• Finding Support as an SGO or Kinship Carer in the UK

Finally:

You don’t need to read everything. Take what you need, when you need it.

P.S. With the help of my family, I run my own small business, eAura.