My lovely husband and I have just come back from a couple of days away in Akaroa. It is the first time we have tried to go away since my temporary change in mobility. We took with us a hired wheelchair and my walker I have been using for the past few months. While weContinue reading “A different perspective”
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I’m loving my new life…
Just waiting for dinner to cook and I suddenly thought to myself, “I love my new life!” It just popped into my head randomly. My new life of course is my now retired life and I am finding being retired very positive. There are lots of things I like about it, but one thing thatContinue reading “I’m loving my new life…”
When the passion is gone…
I was watching a programme today that was set in a hospital. The character at the centre of the episode was very overworked and burnt out. They talked about losing their passion for their role, which they had previously called their ‘calling’. This brought me to a realisation that I had not thought of priorContinue reading “When the passion is gone…”
If only life was like a game of bowls!
I have just had a lovely afternoon down at one of the local bowling clubs. It is not the club that I am joining, but is in our area. They hold open ‘roll-ups’ every Tuesday and every second Saturday. This is the second time I have gone to this other club and I must sayContinue reading “If only life was like a game of bowls!”
Support Groups… we all need different things!
Tonight, my husband and I attended the monthly support group that we have at a local bar. We have been going for a while now and it is nice to know that it is a safe group to talk about our diagnosis and other things in our lives. Many of the group are still working,Continue reading “Support Groups… we all need different things!”
Making memories and keeping family memories alive…
This weekend I have had my three lovely grand-daughters to stay over. The twins (15) had planned a sleepover with a friend for Saturday, so only stayed one night – with teenagers you take what you can get – and the youngest (10) stayed an extra night with Nanna and Grampy as the teenagers doingContinue reading “Making memories and keeping family memories alive…”
Playing my own game…
This is my first week of being officially retired and what a busy week it is shaping up to be. I have things on every day of the week. Some of them ‘life admin’ and some of them fun and social interactions. Plus, my first volunteering stint. Yesterday, I rocked up to another bowling clubContinue reading “Playing my own game…”
So this is it…
I woke up this morning and my first thought was that I will no longer be a Social Worker when this day is done. It will be a strange feeling when I leave at the end of the day, knowing that I will never walk into that building again as an employee and most ofContinue reading “So this is it…”
A sense of community…
For many years now I have basically had my social supports and contacts from people I work with. Maybe one or two I have had the odd social contact out of work with, but mainly it is just social chat and people to share lunch with and we don’t seem to catch up outside ofContinue reading “A sense of community…”
It’s a good life, in a lovely community!
I have had a busy weekend so far. So busy, I can’t really remember what I did yesterday! Today I went and played bowls for about the fourth time and I had a really good time. As happened last weekend, I had some very good bowls and a couple of really terrible ones. At leastContinue reading “It’s a good life, in a lovely community!”
My journey with Parkinsons 