Howard Royston Potts

A MILE IN MY SHOES, A TRAVEL REPS TALE fell out of my head after therapy. My life, which can be likened to Lemony Snicket's series of unfortunate events, but in my case they really were a series of "seriously unfortunate events". So serious that it was locked up inside me for 26 years and could only talk about it after therapy. YES I had a great time abroad running away from it, but I would rather have died than face the awful truth again. I gained 38 lifelong friends in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, so there are great advantages to my plight.

These days, I have ditched my family and happiness returned to my life the day I decided to do it. I have never been able to have a relationship because of what happened. BUT I read the book again in July 2021 and the only bit that got to me was Aunty Dorothy's death. She was The Saint in my life!

N.B. to this day I still cannot talk openly or freely about having to identify my dead little brother, Neville, when I was 23. That was a life long sentence!