This is an anonymous story collected from the public as part of THE WOKINGHAM ARC PROJECT.

I am a woman, an artist, a mother, an excited spirit. A nature lover, someone who loves feeling alive.

What makes me feel alive in my local area is birdsong and green – I love being in nature, the shape of trees, the smell of foliage. Sitting outside with a box of paints and capturing the world.

Home, to me, means being with the ones I love, feeling secure in my relationships and financially. My studio filled with inspiration and my creations.

For the future of Wokingham, I wish for more creativity and acceptance of all forms of creativity. I wish for more time to be creative and space to nurture it.

I grew up in Wokingham as one person. I have become someone totally new and no longer recognise myself in the girl who wants gold in Wokingham. I thought I was happy then. I now realise what happiness is.