I am a planner from way back. I like to know what is happening and when and although I don’t necessarily feel I need to work to a strict schedule, I do like to know I am in control. That makes me sound a bit of a control freak, but it just means that IContinue reading “Moving on – A village or facility when and why?”
Category Archives: grief
Choosing new tattoo…
Not long after leaving my children’s father, I got my first tattoo. It was a reaction to my having been married young and now divorced and feeling like I had slipped into being almost middle aged and boring even though I wasn’t even 30! I wanted to do something to show my new independence andContinue reading “Choosing new tattoo…”
Ability vs Disability
As anyone who follows my blog will know, as I recovered first from my knee replacement surgery and then from my back operation – which was a major – my primary aim has always been to get back to bowls. I feel lucky to be able to now play bowls again and I was ableContinue reading “Ability vs Disability”
Pride goes before a fall… What does that even mean?!?
The saying “Pride goes before a fall” is such a negative outlook on life as far as I am concerned. Giving it this sort of negative attention baffles me. How many times in my life have I felt pride? Pride for something I have done? Something my children have done or my husband? or anyContinue reading “Pride goes before a fall… What does that even mean?!?”
Don’t pity me…
I have always been someone who has been open and honest about things that are happening in my life. I could probably be accused of being an oversharer and that would be a reasonable thing to say. I would much rather lay all my cards on the table than have anyone misread what was goingContinue reading “Don’t pity me…”
Life, love and loss…
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…”
My poetic nature…
It seems like forever I have been writing poetry. I started when I was five years of age and it’s just something that I have always done. There have been periods of time when I have not written poetry for quite a while, but for the last three or four years I think that IContinue reading “My poetic nature…”
Don’t stay with a bad partner
I wrote this poem a few days ago. I have been supporting someone who has left an abusive relationship and it made me think of my own second marriage which was abusive. For those of us with Parkinson’s, we are vulnerable enough under normal circumstances, but certainly being with someone who is abusive, whether itContinue reading “Don’t stay with a bad partner”
Sometimes being negative is a positive thing…
I was reading a post on a Facebook group that I follow and it has made me think. The person posting has obviously been struggling with this journey and expressing frustration perhaps because they have been reading all about how people are doing so well. People who say they are doing “PD Warrior” or otherContinue reading “Sometimes being negative is a positive thing…”
Hold onto hope … never say never!
In 2021 we moved into our new home together with this little lady and her sister Gidget. Unfortunately, at just two weeks in Milly got out and we have never seen her since. We did all the things you do, put notices in all the lost pets options online. Rang vets, walked for miles callingContinue reading “Hold onto hope … never say never!”
My journey with Parkinsons 