Today’s post is not a happy post, it is a somber post about “Life, Love and Loss”. Today is the day we think about my oldest son Adam, who left us suddenly, but hopefully peacefully on 04/10/2020. He passed away in his sleep from an undiagnosed heart condition. At least we think it was undiagnosed.Continue reading “Life, love and loss…”
Category Archives: family
Billy (or Betty) no mates…
Today I came home from bowls feeling a little bit dejected because I felt I didn’t play very well at all. Like a lot of people, I hate doing something if I can’t do it well and I certainly didn’t do well today. The problem for me at the moment, is that I have hadContinue reading “Billy (or Betty) no mates…”
Getting the best help for me…
As I have often said in my blog and in my podcast, although those of you reading this blog and listening to my podcasts may have some similarities, as individuals no two people have exactly the same experience. With my recent experience of being coached by someone that was a “my way or the highway”Continue reading “Getting the best help for me…”
Things move in cycles….
Today I started to think about how my life has changed over the years. How the way I live my life now is so very different to my previous lives. When I say that things move in cycles, this is what I was thinking today. When I first moved to Christchurch, I was a soleContinue reading “Things move in cycles….”
We are all unique
This morning I was reading some posts on a Facebook page that I followed before we went to Rarotonga. It was a useful forum to find out about restaurants, tours, things to do and places to see. The posts this morning that most caught my eye were from a person who put an anonymous postContinue reading “We are all unique”
Shedding my Social Work skin and embracing my new life…
I don’t know why in particular this week has been a week of clearing things out of my life that I no longer need. I have cleared out a number of different things, starting with some small drawers in my chest of drawers. Next was bags of clothing I had sorted months ago meaning toContinue reading “Shedding my Social Work skin and embracing my new life…”
Betwixt and between…
Today I spent a few hours in the company of my youngest grand daughter, who turns 12 in about two weeks’ time. She was telling me about the things she would like to do for her birthday and gave me a few ideas of what that might look like. Her Mum has agreed that sheContinue reading “Betwixt and between…”
We are vulnerable, the cared for and the carer
For those of you who are new to my blog, I am a 64 year old woman and am married to my third husband. My first marriage gave me three beautiful children and ultimately six beautiful grandchildren. My second – though it started off well – descended into a relationship of abuse and control. AContinue reading “We are vulnerable, the cared for and the carer”
Years in your life or Life in your years?
Somewhere, somehow in the past week or so I have heard this said. “You get to the point where there are more years that you have lived than years you have left. That focusses you and makes you more aware of needing to do things while you can.” Like I said, I can’t remember whetherContinue reading “Years in your life or Life in your years?”
Is it fate or is it destiny? Podcast
Whatever lead us to this path, whether it be fate or destiny, we can still learn from it and control aspects of that life. I have chosen to take from negative experiences in my life not to live with the negatives, but to celebrate the positives that have come to me as a result. ThisContinue reading “Is it fate or is it destiny? Podcast”
My journey with Parkinsons 