Welcome to My Blog "The Hat Hippie"!

Hi there!

 My name is Robyn, I am sixteen years old and I wish you all a warm welcome to my blog "The Hat Hippie". It has taken a lot of deliberation to decide on the perfect name for my blog and I think I eventually have decided upon one. I wanted the name of my blog to depict me as a person and I feel that "The Hat Hippie" is the perfect candidate.

 As a teenager who has a physical disability and suffers from a condition name Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, I depend on my wheelchair to help me get around. Being a wheelchair user, I have noticed that people who don't really know me tend to treat me differently. Often people would stop and speak to whoever was with me asking my companion how I am doing etc. However it has always been frustrating when they do this as they speak as if I am invisible and not right in front of them. As strange as it sound I have used clothes and accessories as a way to help overcome this.

 I absolutely love clothes that are vintage, inspired by retro clothing or are very unusual. I am also inspired by the bohemian/hippie style and often incorporate this within my outfits. The real talking point for people when I wear one of my growing hat collection and of course I can't forget a pair of my trusty Dr Martens. Ever since I started wearing these a few years ago I've lost count on how many times that I have been stopped by people to admire either my boots or my hats. It has been unbelievable!

 Dr Martens seem to bring a lot of happy memories to the people I've spoken with over the years. I recall being in an elevator and the lady across from me smiling as she began to recall how she wore her Dr Martens when she passed her driving test. My absolute favourite was when we were popping into our local Sainsbury's store and an older man approached me and began reminisce about his younger days as punk and wearing a pair of the original Dr Martens prior to the range of many colours that they sell now. It is so lovely to see how something like that can brighten someone's day and I really enjoy hearing people's memories!

 With this in mind I began to brainstorm a few ideas for my blog, wondering what firstly, I should name it and what exactly I should also write about. I had a couple of names to choose from which I researched as I didn't want to pick a name that someone has already chosen. Eventually, I decided upon The Hat Hippie and here I am today writing this post.

 I had a rough idea on a topic to cover on my blog and have concluded that within this blog I shall write about my life as a teenager with a physical disability and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. The topic will help me keep my posts varied as there is so much to write about the experiences I've had over the years and of course the ones that are still to come.This will allow me to hopefully give a detailed insight into the positives and negatives of what I've been through, teach and give advice to others on how to help someone in a similar situation to myself and of course I would love to give others like me something to relate to.

 As someone who loves to write and dreams of have my writing published as a book one day, I feel that this will be a great way to learn and improve on my writing skills to enable myself to achieve my aspirations. My aim is to post something at least once a week. There might on some occasions be two depending on personal commitments.

 I must go for now however, I shall have new blog posts to share with you very soon! So please do pop back again in the near future!

Best Wishes to you all!

Robyn x