Hey Steemians, it's wonderful to be joining such a great group of people. This is my first post. I would like to thank 
My name is Kerie Hinchliffe I live in the West Midlands, UK and a lovely little town called Kingswinford. I haven't lived here long though. I moved here when I became my brothers' full-time carer. Thats him in the picture above.
I grew up in South Africa, firstly in Johannesburg then later on in Margate a quaint seaside town not far from Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
My father worked away a lot, but I spent a lot of time with my mother who instilled in me a love of reading and writing. In some ways, it was an idyllic childhood, and in others ways it was difficult. My brother who is older than myself suffered brain damage shortly after birth, so a lot of my time growing up was spent helping my mother to look after him. This has indeed made us a very close family.
When I was 17, my parents finally split up. This meant a move for our little family of three. We left South Africa and our close friends behind to make a new life in my mothers home town of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
I was lucky I found a college where I could complete my education and went on to higher education completing a degree in Business Studies and then a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. I have worked in all types of education facilities in and around South Yorkshire, Kent and London. Now helping to care for my brother and doing a few days supply teaching to pay the bills.
Even though I worked as a teacher for longer than I can remember. I always wanted something more. Back in 2005, I left teaching to go back to South Africa, which I started an Internet Cafe, Computer Supplies shop and technical shop. I loved it but sold it two years later as I was missing my family who stilled lived in England. So I returned to England and teaching.
Then in 2009, I started trying to make a living online. I did a bit of affiliate marketing, reskinning and creating apps, building websites, writing and publishing Kindle books. All of which was great fun and lots of steep learning curves. But then back in 2015 I became seriously ill so all my little sidelines had to take a back seat as I could only manage to concentrate on one thing which was my job as a teacher in a girls school which I loved.
Thank you for reading my very long post. I sincerely hope that I can produce some excellent content and help grow the Streemian community.
