The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness - Rachel Daly: Losing My Dad & How My Bestie Got Me Through

Episode Date: May 27, 2025

Grief and Football: Rachel opens up about losing her dad and playing for England just days later. Mental Reset: Millie shares how she’s been prioritising rest and stepping back after a long season. Besties and Support: A raw, honest chat about how close friendships can carry you through the darkest moments. Rachel Daly and Millie Bright dive deep into the emotional side of life as professional athletes. In one of their most personal episodes yet, Rach shares the experience of grief after losing her dad and what it was like to go into England camp just days later. She reflects on the complex, delayed nature of grief, the unexpected emotional waves, and how football became both a distraction and a lifeline. Millie opens up about the importance of recognising when your body and mind need a break. The two also talk candidly about checking in on your friends, finding strength in little signs from loved ones, and the quiet ways we support each other even when we can’t find the words.  This episode is a tribute to resilience, rest, and real friendship.  If you’ve been through something similar, know that you’re not alone. Trigger Warning: This episode includes open and emotional discussions around grief, loss of a parent, and coping with mental health challenges. Please take care when listening.  If you need support with any topics discussed in this podcast please consider using the resources below: MIND: ⁠https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/⁠ YOUNG MINDS: ⁠https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/⁠ For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before we get into today's episode of Daily Brightness, we just want to say a huge thank you to Shaw for helping bring our podcast to life. Obviously this is something that we've wanted to do for a while, teaming up with Goldhanger was an absolute no-brainer for us, but I think it's more just probably to get our points out there. I think like before Rach, it's about bringing Daily Brightness to life and I think when we first invented it, if you like, it was all about communicating with each other, having that safe space to kind of be a little bit vulnerable and just showing our raw authentic selves and I think for us the podcast is that and that's why I think we're extremely grateful for sure to give us that opportunity and kind of bringing it to life and allowing us to now you know have it on a

wider spectrum and connecting with the fans again but also some of the things in the women's game that really need to be better and the problems and boundaries that we still face and I think as players current players as well we can really touch on that and you know hopefully bring a little bit of attention but ultimately it's just about sharing who we are as people and yeah like I said we're really really grateful that Shora have given us this opportunity and supported us since day one. Obviously it's been amazing that Shore have backed us from the start and all the way through this now but exciting to have them be alongside us for this exciting summer of football and they'll be with us every step of the way so we're grateful for them to be alongside us sharing this journey as well.

So thanks again to Shore and thank you all for tuning in. Hey everyone, welcome to the Restless Football Daily Brightness. I'm Millie Bright. And I'm Rachel Daly. How are you, Mils? I'm good, you look very tanned. I know, I mean, it's been, what, just over a week now that I've been here, so you know I go a few shades darker. I've put on my tinted moisturizer for you just so I look similar.

No, it's so hot. Honestly, yesterday I was literally just lying there baking. You tan so quick as well. That's the most annoying thing. I know. It's ridiculous. I put, like, a different bikini on yesterday, and it shows you all your other other timelines that you've not had and i was like i'm gonna burn now but how how was it like did you get up too much yeah to be

fair quite a bit i now think i'm gonna be a professional golfer so you know me get into something get obsessed with it hold yourself there I'm about to start lessons for golf. No way. Same. So why don't we do, we could do one episode on the golf course. That'd be sick. Cause I'm all power.

I'm no precision. All power, no finesse. Yeah. I need to, I need to work on that, but I think I've got it in the locker. Got one hell of a drive on me.

Yeah. To be fair, it's something that like, obviously, you know, I went into paddle, which I still love, but then it's like, there's something about golf that I just like really wanted to be good at. And that like obviously you know I went into paddle which I still love but then it's like there's something about golf

that I just like really wanted to be good at and like I love it and obviously I'm here right now where I am it's like right on a golf course so I've been playing a little bit

and I just I'm like oh my god this is amazing I want to play golf all the time it is so therapeutic though isn't it it is so I've been doing that

you watch Daily Brightness oh my god you'll absolutely piss yourself at what I've been doing I've gone Daily Brightness oh my god you'll absolutely piss yourself at what I've been doing I've gone to two spin classes right I literally am getting

into like my legs bums and tums era the instructor's like right we're ready to climb get up get out of your saddle I've been having the time of my life

with all these classes I feel like I've missed out on so much how are you how is everything yeah it's been good um obviously we had well the girls had like a week training just before international which I think was really good um it was nice that that was available because you know it's like you finish the season you then have that week where you've got you're like what do you

do where do you train um but we were fortunate enough that, you know, club provided sessions so that people could go on to camp and have got the correct loading and stuff. But to be honest, I just had a bit of a chill week. I just, yeah, needed a little rest from the season. And then I spent the weekend with my family, which was nice. I went back, seen the horses, which was lush. And that was about it. I've kind of like really switched off.

That's good. Family okay? Yeah, they're all good. Boys are fine. Harvey now wants to start, I think, kickboxing or boxing. He wants to get into that. So never know. And I did have, for the first time, which you'll know,

this is like really important to me. We went and had a cooked dinner at tori's at my sister's all of us together like mum dad everyone like we all had like a massive cooked dinner there which i've never ever been able to do so that was so nice so we had that amy was poorly so she didn't get to make it anyone listening that's my other sister a middle sister and that was it but yeah family's family's all good I think they're ready for a holiday as well right well let's touch back on the weekend then obviously Champions League final I'm sure that was probably a tough weekend for you not being a part of that but yeah I'm not gonna lie I didn't watch I couldn't watch so yeah you'll maybe have to give us an update on the performances

and and what you thought because I'd be intrigued to hear about it to be honest because I didn't I didn't watch I couldn't watch it obviously it's a tough topic for me to communicate on but what I will say is I think it's amazing for English football for it to be brought back so yeah I think that is amazing I think it'll boost the game in England I think it gives a lot more visibility and obviously you know we've got friends in that team, Mido, Chloe, Les. So yeah, really chuffed to bits

and I think you're always proud of your friends, aren't you, and happy for them. But for English football, I think it'll be massive. I think it'll be huge. It was a bit of a weird game, I thought, but it was weird because I had one of those feelings where I was just like, I think Arsenal will do it here. They had a couple of a weird game, I thought. It was weird because I had one of those feelings where I was just like,

I think Arsenal will do it here. They had a couple of chances, I think, when they brought Steena on, Black Steena. She had a chance pretty much as soon as she came on. And I was like, she's done everything right there, except obviously not put the ball in the back of the net. And then obviously a few minutes later, they went on and scored. Yeah.

Which was quite cool because obviously her and Beth Mead came on at the same time. And then Beth got the assist and then Steena scored so I think that's a cool moment that you know kind of reminded me like the Euros where Toonie and Les

used to come on and just change the game completely so I thought that was pretty cool but I think yeah like you say I think it's massive

for English football and you know what their manager Renee Slegers I don't know if I've got that right. But yeah, fair play. Coming in halfway through the season, taking over as interim

and then going on and winning Champions League final. I think that's something that deserves a lot of credit. But yeah, again, just obviously really pleased for Arsenal in terms of English football and getting them back on the map with winning the Champions League. Obviously, they were the last English team to win it. So it's quite a big, very big achievement.

So congratulations to them. Yeah, I think it also shows that other teams are now catching up and competing. And I think it's good for the women's game overall, that there's more than just like Barcelona that are winning the Champions League or Lyon. It was Lyon for a long time, but I think it's good for the game. It shows that other teams are up and coming. You never want it just to be kind of the same all the time. It's ruffled a few feathers, Arsenal winning.

But I think it's good overall. Yeah, because I think Barcelona, if they didn't want it, they'd have been four in the last five. You want to break that cycle, don't you? So it's, again, really positive and especially that it's an English team to do that. Yeah, and it boosts everyone else now. It boosts everyone else and shows that it's possible and that, like I said, teams are getting better and everyone's now competing. So I think overall it'll be really, really good for English football, but for women's football.

And hopefully this is another spike to push everyone on and every league all over the world. Yeah, definitely. I mean, obviously you'll have seen that Beth did the article on Players' Tribune about losing her mum a few days just before the final and knowing how hard that was for her and you being there alongside me during the whole thing. I think it made that like moment

a little bit sweeter for me that that they won and she came on and assisted because I feel like for me like grief is so different for everybody like it hits you in a completely different way yeah um and obviously when I was going through literally the worst time of my life when I lost my dad I came into camp two days later. Obviously we went through the journey with Beth and the time when her mum was getting treatment and things like that. And it was a really difficult point. To me, I know obviously more recently,

I hate even having to speak about how many people this has happened to. It literally breaks my heart. But, you know, I think people deal with it in such different ways. And for me, like cracking on and just getting on with my life in that moment was something that I really needed to do. And that's the thing, there's no script, is there?

Like, I literally remember you saying to me at the time, Rach, what are you doing? Like, why are you coming to camp? Like, you can't, like, you need to take some time away. And I think for me in that point, it was, I needed to do it there and then, but then I think the grief has hit me a lot later down the line. So I don't think there's any, there's no right or wrong way to deal with it and process it.

But I think reading Beth's, Antoony's articles, obviously hit home with me in a horrible way. But again, it's so good to see them two going on and shining. Yeah. Like you said, it does make it extra special. And even from my point of view, I'm like, I've not been through that. So on the outside, looking in, you want the absolute best for anyone that you're close to, that you've seen go through that.

Probably the hardest thing to go through in life all you ever want is success because you know that whether it's scoring that goal winning that title or winning that trophy or even just being successful in life or even just seeing them smile or be happy having those moments where they can bounce back

as a friend you know it means that little bit more it's not just winning the champions league for beth like it's way more than that and for anyone else like you said toony um as well but it's yeah i think that's the biggest thing is there is no script there is no right or wrong and even the way in which you lose those people it's so different like some can be sudden some can be you know some can be, you know, like a bit of a period of time where you probably know what's coming,

but still, how the hell do you prepare for that? Like you can't, you're never prepared for it. So it's like there's so many different factors. And I remember just saying to you, like, what do you need from it? Anything you need? Because I was like, I don't even, all I know that I can do is be there for you. I can't. And that's the thing, I think for me, that moment in my life

was obviously the worst thing that's ever happened to me. And I felt like my whole world was crumbling down. I felt like, honestly, what's the point? Like my dad just got taken away from me so quickly and so suddenly out of, you know, pretty much out of the blue. And you think, you go through, moments where you're like, how the hell am I going to survive this? How do I get through this?

And I think when I went into camp after that, although maybe it was probably too soon, but I think it was the right thing. But I feel like everything just almost lines up for you. Like, everyone was, I learned so much about everyone. They literally became my family away from my family. They were so good to me all the girls all the staff and then I went on and scored in that same camp and obviously I was playing at the back so you remember that goal and it I then went on and had the best year of my career yeah and I feel like it's almost like bittersweet because you want the people around you to be there to celebrate that with you.

Yeah. But it's almost like, well, you go out and just sort of don't really have a care in the world. I always used to say to you, I've gone through the worst thing I'll go through. Yeah. What am I worried about my performance for? What am I worried about if we win or not?

You just kind of let yeah take all the pressure off and you end up doing it for a bigger reason and you do it to make the people that aren't there proud and yeah I think when I see how well Beth does and how well Toonie does and you know people like Carly and Fran and there's been so many people that it's happened to and it's such an awful thing but to see those people go on and do so well it's like that extra bit of yeah like pleasure for me I think because obviously I've lived through that and say when Beth came on and got she just posted that article and then came on and got the winning assist to win the Champions League and you just know her mum's looking down beaming with

pride and 100% I even texted her I was like my dad and your mum will be up there having a drink to celebrate your win today and then she had a picture with her even texted her I was like my dad and your mum will be up there having a drink to celebrate your win today and then she had a picture with her dad after and I was like it makes me dead emotional just puts things into perspective really

doesn't it oh 100% and then you start you do I think when when you see people like you're really close to go through

or you go through it yourself it does hit a switch where you're like I'm even worrying about that like it's such a small thing like since you went through that I've always said things could be a lot worse every time i hit a bit of a stumbling block i'm like could be a lot worse it's not a big deal move past it and always just focusing on being happy and yeah like you said you get one life so you you have got to like

live it well and yeah just do things that make you happy and if they don't make you happy then don't waste time on it I think the most important thing for me was like realizing who my support network was in that moment like did that shock you yeah I think so but I think for me I went through a really weird phase I know I told you about it but it's like you lose a person so close to you and then everyone is there for you everyone's amazing everyone literally wants to do everything for you and support you in any way shape or form and then there's the period then you have the funeral and then it's like I worked myself up for that day it was like okay I've got like two weeks between this happening and this happening and it was almost like I don't it's gonna sound really deep but like it was

almost the funeral's the final time like kind of just it was my way of being like right that's my time like i need to like start my grief after that yeah because it's not it doesn't directly impact everyone's life like it's my life but in in the moment you think like why is why is no one asking me if i'm okay anymore yeah i get what it's like starts to fade in the moment you think like why is why is no one asking me if i'm okay anymore yeah i get what it's like starts to fade away do you know what i mean it's like i was everyone's really there yeah and then i'm i went through a period of time being like why is no one bothered now like the funeral's gone this is just is that it then apart from obviously the people you then you see like the ones that are there and i think that for me was so important to

try and share my like insights on that with Beth and Toonie and I know I keep saying about them too but because it's been the most recent and I think you sort of lean on those people like when you know when you're having a down day you lean on the people that have kind of been there and lived it with you um albeit so different and say grief is just so different but I found that really hard. Like I remember saying to you, I'm like, why is no one asked anymore? Yeah. But they are.

But it comes to the point where people are not just going to keep asking you about it every single day, of course. Like, why would you? But because you're so, like, invested in your own life and you're dealing with all this trauma. And then it's like, well, why has the world not stopped? Because mine has. Yeah.

You know what I mean? It is so hard hard and on the flip side i was like all right i need to check in with her but i need i need to not like be pushing it on you because i was like sometimes as well when you're struggling the last thing you want is someone to be like are you okay like obviously not like you're obviously not okay so i was like trying to do it in different ways or might be sending you something or like we'll tell people that listening me and rachel have this emoji right and it's the pink hearts that like they always look like they're hugging each other so now when we feel like we need to send each other a hug we send this emoji which is like really really cute so

it's just a different way of like i'm checking checking in, but I'm not actually saying I'm checking in. Yeah, I'm here. Sometimes it's a little bit easier. So it's like finding little ways to, without saying, are you okay? To be like, are you okay? That's what I mean. I think it's so important to find that and like what works for you. Because even now, like people will just say to me, like, your dad would be so proud. And literally like, I just want to break down crying.

Like, just something like that. Not like, are you okay? Like, how is everything? Like,, your dad would be so proud. And literally, like, I just want to break down crying. Like, just something like that. Not like, are you okay? Like, how is everything? Like, just your dad would be so proud. And that's literally all I've ever wanted to do, like make my family proud of me. And, you know, I think that it's little things, like you say, like the little pink hearts.

And you're different. Like, you've been there for me through everything. Like, you've literally been, like, you've lifted me out of the ground. We're literally soul friends. I was reading this the other day that you can have, you have a soulmate, a lover, but you have soulmates that are friends.

Like, we are, I'm going to call it soul friends. I'm making a new name for it. I like that. But you, I remember you saying the other day as well, I think it was a couple of weeks ago, and you were like, it just hits you at the most random times when you're like, you're on a high, everything's fine and then it's like, boom.

Could be like a sign or a word or... Literally the other day, I'm on holiday, everything is going amazing, I'm having the time of my life, obviously I'm abroad, living it up in the sun, what could possibly go wrong? And I literally walked inside in the middle of the afternoon and just absolutely

burst into tears like just broke down I'm just because I was you know me with the butterflies I asked two butterflies flew past my face signs and then like we went to like a live music thing and music just does stuff to me anyway like it just it takes you to a place doesn't it and every single song I was just like oh my god and it was just like one of those days and i just it had such a nice day but i just lost it like absolutely lost it that's your dad checking in i was reading that as well where people they say oh that's a coincidence nothing's a coincidence it's everything's a sign so if people go oh that was such a coincidence like that was the name of

such and such or and it's not like that's a sign of that person checking in and being like i'm here by the way i'm still here so it's like when you see the butterflies or the songs which are like random pics like yeah it might be a random song but it's it's a way of people communicating i do believe in all that by the way like yeah me too but i do i also feel like it's really important to talk about stuff like this because obviously it's difficult it's like yeah i'll get I do I also feel like it's really important to talk about stuff like this because obviously it's difficult it's like yeah I'll get off the phone call now and probably just go and sit in a ball and cry but like my tears because I was like I can't I'm trying to smile so that I don't cry but it's like I think it's really important just to share you know like I

said no one's is the same like no no no way of dealing with grief is right or wrong. Like it's all personal to you. And not feeling bad for those moments either. Don't feel bad for having a moment where you're like, if people don't, this is the thing I think people need to like try and understand a little bit. Like if you had a little blip and you just let out your emotion and I was like, like is everything okay?

And you'd be like, oh, my dad. It's not then going, oh, like, like, and don't feel bad for it either. Like, that is grief. There's no right or wrong. There's no script. There's no, oh, it's two years down the line, should be fine now. Like, no, it don't work like that. And like you said, it's important for people's stories to be shared

so that people know that they're doing okay and you're doing a good job, like you're doing fine. It'll just, it does hit you at the most random times. And it's just making sure you have, like you said, that support network and allow yourself to feel those things. Like it's part of life. You can't be happy 20 months later. Yeah, I think like having to speak about it,

it's weird because I actually, it feels, it feels quite refreshing to speak about it because I've seen so many people go through the same sort of thing and I didn't I don't think I've really had that like when it happened to me I was like I didn't really know about grief I didn't know what it looked like I didn't know what to do I didn't know how to cope I didn't know how to deal with it and like I say no one no two no way about dealing with grief is right or wrong but for people to hear if I can give 0.1% of like my grief and how I've dealt with it and who's been there for me and what techniques I've used and someone can take anything out of that

then honestly I just I think it's so important I met somebody um you know I did that villa season ticket thing with a person named that thing but somebody had spoke to me it was like right at the very end right at the very end right at the very end I was literally leaving about them losing one of their parents recently and I stopped in my tracks I was like rushing off I needed to get back and I just stopped in my tracks and she was just like your gratitude section of the podcast is what's got me through wow and I was like that's so nice because she was like, it made me in that moment feel grateful for what I did have rather than what I didn't have.

And I just was like, wow. Like it literally, I forgot to tell you about that, but that like touched me. I went into change and I was just like, wow. Like it's just amazing like how something can lift you up and help you through something. And it might not be talking, it might not be, you know, dealing with it. It's just how you want to deal with it. So I talking it might not be you know dealing with it it's just how you want to deal with it so i think it is important to talk about it and i think it's really

good what you know um toonie and beth have done as well and spoke up about it because it's not easy no it's definitely not and like i said i'm proud of all of you for for speaking out and for sharing your stories because it will help people there's's people that think they're doing it wrong and there's no answer. There is no right or wrong. You've got to almost find your own way and what your way of grief looks like and I think that's the biggest message is it's your way and that's it. There's no other way and no one can ever tell you otherwise. So, yeah, it definitely needs to be spoken about more and and stories to be shared and I think it's

it's all within the right time as well when you feel ready to speak that's that's always been the thing I've you know waited for you to have which I think you've always been quite open to be honest and you like sharing stories and and talking and talking about memories and stuff like that and I think that's that's really good. But again, it doesn't work for everyone. So it's, but it is really, really hard like to see people go through that.

And yeah, I do not like seeing you upset at all. And if I had a magic wand, you know what I'd do with it. Bless you. Right. On that note, let's take a break.

Be back soon. Before I cry. Yeah, same. Let me go and touch up. Welcome back to the Rest Is Football Daily Brightness. We are back. Lovely little break there.

Rach, take us away. Bestie, I just wanted to touch on the fact that you're not at England camp at the minute. Me knowing you better than I know myself. I know it's been a little bit of a difficult period for you right now I just want to see if you wanted to touch on anything about that are you okay yeah the normal Millie would say yes but the new Millie that's trying to help people and be open and everything that we said we wanted to be on the pod probably not in this moment it's been really really tough I think mentally and physically I'm probably at my limits which is obviously why I'm not at camp which is a really hard decision but

I think you know better than anyone as well sometimes you just have to take that that time for yourself and I think especially within the the game that we play there's a lot of pressures and oh you've got those camp you've got to do this you need to do this you need to do this when actually sometimes you just need to breathe take a step back value yourself and your mental health and my body and just actually say no like right now is is not the time for me and right now this is what's best for me. I'm also a big believer that if you're not in those two spaces 100%, then you're not going to achieve anything and you're not going to give the best version of yourself.

So, yeah, I think the most important thing for me right now was just to take a break, focus on, you know, letting my body recover properly and it's been a heavy season. I've played a lot of football. I mentally just take time. I don't think people see the pressures and the stress that goes on throughout a season. I think Chloe hit the nail on the head,

which we've always said is we are humans. We're not robots. We're not objects. At some point, things will take its toll on you. For me, I just needed time to breathe and and switch off so as always not going to camp is gutting but I think sometimes there's there's bigger things to life than than sport to put it bluntly and right now my mental health you know it's something that I'm a big believer in I don't play around with it and yeah physically I need to look after myself and I honestly just needed time to just breathe and have a bit of headspace you know what though I think

that makes me so proud because you're like me and we'll fight through anything and like you'd play with one leg and you know you do anything to play and especially for your country but I think it takes such a lot out of you to make that decision to not do that and put yourself first and yeah I think we're both very similar in that sort of mindset we'd we'd go for a brick wall but yeah so for you to take that decision like I know you've not done that lightly and you know you know you need this time right now to focus on you and yeah I think we've learned so much in like the last few years both you and I about how important it is to put yourself first and your your mental health and your mindset it's it's a such a

difficult thing to do because like you said there's so many pressures externally to go internally like as well like just to be like no you need to do this and you need to do that and you've got to do this and so to take a step back and have that breather I'm so proud of you being able to do that thanks bestie it's just yeah and it's hard because obviously you have the no one ever knows on the outside like what's truly going on and the factors that you you know are overcoming so then that comes with opinions and you know if you start worrying about all those opinions you'll never make the right decision for yourself and yeah I just feel like I've come to a point where I'm like I need to make the best decision for Millie.

And for the first time, I've actually been selfish with that and made sure I've made myself a priority because otherwise I never would. I would make everyone else, you know what I'm like. But that's at the detriment of me, my physical wellbeing and my mental wellbeing. And they're two things

that I don't want to play around with. I feel like I'm just taking a little bit of mealtime now and yeah, just doing things that make me happy, surrounding myself with people that value me and care for me and and want to help me, but ultimately just being able to breathe with no pressures and stress is the only thing that I need right now. And I like the most amazing season. But again, it's not been easy.

It's been hard. And I think everyone always has a little tipping point and I tolerate a lot, but I think I'm at my tipping point and I feel like I just need to go. Yeah, at some point, though, you need to recharge your batteries. Like, you can't run on empty forever. And, you know, I think you've probably realised that in the last few weeks. And I think, obviously, I shared some of my feelings about going through similar things as you.

So, Mestyie you've always got me here can i have some can i have some meal time as well yeah oh you can you can have as much as you want get in so that is a perfect little segue into gratitude i think so perfect time you want to start or do you want me to um i can start my first gratitude which i hope everyone's enjoying these, by the way, because me and Rachel found it really, really helpful and the feedback has been amazing. And if you don't do your gratitudes, you should try it. Don't knock it until you've tried it

because it actually is a really nice way to just appreciate everything that you have rather than focusing on things that you don't have, which Rachel said earlier on in the episode, which I think stuck with me. So anyway, my first gratitude is having the weekend off, going back to my favourite place ever, standing at the top of the hill with Hallie, my pony, and just the view is incredible. The sun was down.

There was a massive, there was like a bit of a storm behind me and then the rainbow came out and I was just like, it was one of the moments where I was like, life could be a lot worse. It could be a lot worse. These aren't big problems, Mil. You'll get through them. They're fine. And that was just a real like,

like your shoulders drop moment. So just being able to have that time to go back, you know, go back home. Being at the stables is like my sanctuary. There's just no noise. There's no one bugging me. It's just peaceful. The views, the the animals and then

the rainbow i was like that was a little sign that you know what i'm doing and putting myself first is is good so gratitude number one having the weekend at the stables love that i'm gonna say moments very similar of you like moments of peace they're very hard to come by in this day and age and sometimes i'm looking for months and months and months to find that little moment of peace um but i think being on holiday and like being here it's like happy place for me and yeah waking up in the morning right making a coffee and sitting outside in the sun i literally it's like my favorite thing ever should we get a holiday home please i've been looking this week honestly

we could just jet off every weekend honestly no but I think you know usually in the morning you wake up you're like

I don't really want to get out of bed I'm tired I'm whatever I like jump up out of bed when I'm here because I'm like

coffee outside in the sun and it's just like bliss so I'm grateful for little moments you don't want to

waste any moment do you I like that I love that one alright my second gratitude, Nutella. Oh, yeah. Pot of Nutella. You know sometimes you just want a bit of Nutella,

I want that little bit of sweetness, little bit of goodness. Yeah, but I can't just have a little bit. I need to eat the whole pot. Do you know what is a lovely little snack? It's naughty, though. Get a banana and you just get a little spoon. I don't like bananas.

Well, anyone that likes bananas, try this. Get a banana, get a little spoon and you just well anyone that likes bananas try this get a banana get a little spoon we do that I used to be like you know the little banana chips like the frozen

like dried tomatoes I like them those banana chips I like them we did that on a camp before we asked for loads of pots of Nutella and we would just scoop

Nutella with the little banana chip bang it in by the way trying to get a sugar hit from anywhere we can yeah get those in yeah Nutella just perks me up and I'm it in, by the way. Trying to get a sugar hit from anywhere we can. Yeah, get those in. Yeah, Nutella. Nice.

Oh, just perks me up and I'm like ready to attack the day. Let me go. Love it. I love it. My next one. Okay. Not many people are going to know about this because I put it on my close friends, but my journey that this has been on this week with a frog.

Like I am so grateful for little Freddie. So for no one that knows this, because I've put it on my close friend's story on Instagram, there was like a 12-part series of The Frog, wasn't there? Yeah. I was so intrigued. I was like, another story, another story. It's Fred.

So many people messaged me back and were like, oh, my God, this is the best series I've ever watched. Like, keep it coming. So basically, I was here one day and a frog was in the pool and i was like oh my god there's a frog in the pool so i thought right well what do you do i don't think they should be in the pool like chlorine and they belong in ponds so i was like right we need to save this so we got the big net out sarah's granddad look i tried to get it out couldn't get it sarah got it in the in the in the net sarah's granddad went to take it down. We walked on to the pond, flipped him into the pond, right?

Half an hour later, he's back. On the top step, I was like, how? Where? So there's been multiple, but this one was the same one. I was like, how have you just hopped across the golf course, managed to get back into the pool

without me seeing you? So he comes along, he keeps disappearing, coming back. Then there's this bright green one that's just appeared out of nowhere. It's like a frog, literally frog city in that pool. So I've actually been really grateful for Freddie the Frog this week because he's really entertained me.

Yeah, he's entertained me as well. I've been watching. So I think a lot of people have been entertained by Freddie. So I'm grateful for him giving me that entertainment this week. So that's number two. Number three, third gratitude. You know what? The other day we had a storm and I love storms.

Oh God, I hate storms. It makes, I love thunder, I love lightning. I love just laying on my bed and listening. That's the only thing that I... I'm petrified of thunder and lightning. I know, I'm your thunder buddy. You are. But I...

Fuck you, thunder. Thunder. I really tried to like, I struggle like, I struggle making my brain calm. I struggle getting my head, like, to just chill. Switch up, yeah. When there's a storm, I can lay there and just get out my head. So when it storms, I'm, like, it's therapeutic.

So if England could just storm a little bit more at this moment in time. No, don't. Just put storms and white noise on your phone, will you? Don't be getting that. But it was just, yeah, just seeing, like, the room light up and then, like, yeah, it was nice. I really, really needed that the other day. So, yeah, that is my gratitude, the storm.

It's nice. Okay, my last one, Lilo's. Yesterday was absolutely red hot here. Like, you know me, I can lay in the sun. Like, I love the heat, love the sun. But I was getting so hot and bothered my lid. Like, I was laying there, I was like, I'm too hot. I'm too hot. I was just no breeze, nothing. So I pumped up so hot and bothered my lid I was laying there I was like I'm too hot I'm too hot

I was just no breath nothing so I pumped up Lilo and got in the pool and it's literally it saved me yesterday so I'm really grateful

for that moment because I was laying there you know one of the ones with the back with the head just like chilling don't you think they're a bit dangerous

though because you can get lost in time and you can just be there for hours and be like holy shit I've not put any sun cream on

I've been on here for hours we said that and I was like laying there and close your eyes and you can just be there for hours and be like, holy shit, I've not put any sun cream on. I've been on here for hours. We said that and I was like laying there and close your eyes and you don't know where you are. You don't know what part of the ball you are. Not at all.

Three good ones there for both of us, I think. But yeah, guys, get amongst it. We love doing this. That's it for the rest of this football, Daily Brightness.

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