I remember many, many years ago when my children’s paternal great grandmother passed away. My children were very young at the time and so was I, being in my early twenties. I might even have had just my eldest son. Anyway, the great grandmother passed away and I was asked by my then mother-in-law ifContinue reading “Why wait till you’re gone?”
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Are we having a conversation?
In many, many ways women I find, are different from men. Not a startling revelation for anyone, I’m sure. The way that we communicate can be very different too. I have had many a conversation with my female friends about the challenges of communicating with our men. Women, I feel, tend to be more intuitiveContinue reading “Are we having a conversation?”
What is a friend?
All my life I have not had a great many friends. For many reasons this has always been an unchanging facet of my life. I am not saying this for sympathy at all, in fact I have known people with lots of friends and they have had difficulty keeping them all happy. The more friendsContinue reading “What is a friend?”
Impulse control and internet shopping – A confession!
I have always enjoyed shopping whether it be for clothes, perfume, new or used I like them all. I like to potter around in junky little second hand shops and op shops and all the usual shopping haunts. When I have been immobilized by my recovery from my operations and couldn’t get to shops, IContinue reading “Impulse control and internet shopping – A confession!”
It is better to know
Today I was watching one of the series I follow on Netflix. I don’t know what I would do without Netflix and other streaming services, especially when I have been recovering from one of yet another surgeries. When you are immobile or have limited and painful mobility, any distraction that doesn’t hurt is invaluable! Anyway,Continue reading “It is better to know”
Parent to child – Child to parent. When does it change?
It’s funny I think when we look back on our previous lives and sometimes we remember events quite differently than when we were amongst it. Bear with me, as I try to explain. When I have reminisced with my children – now very much adults, my youngest turning 40 at the end of the yearContinue reading “Parent to child – Child to parent. When does it change?”
“So you’ve got Parkinson’s the poem….”
So you’ve got Parkinson’sSo you’ve got Parkinson’s what does it meanAre you the person that you’ve always been?So you’ve got Parkinson’s who do you tellOnly those closest who know you so well?So you’ve got Parkinson’s what have you leftHave dreams all been lost and so you’re bereft?So you’ve got Parkinson’s a specialist saidWhat are youContinue reading ““So you’ve got Parkinson’s the poem….””
“So you’ve got Parkinson’s” – some thoughts and a poem
So you’ve got Parkinson’s. Does that mean that everything else in your life must take a back seat and let this beast of a condition take over? No way, I say! Parkinson’s is like the freebee you get with something you wanted to buy. You take it, cos maybe you feel you ought to, butContinue reading ““So you’ve got Parkinson’s” – some thoughts and a poem”
An interview with Jeremy
I recorded this interview a few months before Christmas and for some reason, the gremlins got in and it didn’t work properly. I have spent months – when I had the time – trying to get some help to fix it so that it could be uploaded. Over the last two days, I have finallyContinue reading “An interview with Jeremy”
Feeling ‘Parkies’ today…
In my life at the moment, for the most part I just carry on with my life and am very much enjoying my retirement again. I am enjoying the various activities I have chosen and most days I have something planned that I enjoy doing. I can therefore, just get on with things and notContinue reading “Feeling ‘Parkies’ today…”
My journey with Parkinsons 