I have written before about my lovely red e-bike that I bought and have treasured. Unfortunately, with my knee operation and now my back operation, the planets just don’t seem to have been aligned for me to be able to ride it. One of my main priorities post my back operation was to get backContinue reading “Farewell to my lovely red e-bike…”
Category Archives: grief
The bucket of joy – not a bucket list – Podcast
Many people seem to come up with a ‘bucket list’ if given news that they have a terminal illness. The list comprises things they want to do before it is too late to do them. To me that is quite a negative thing to do, so I thought I would turn it on it’s head.Continue reading “The bucket of joy – not a bucket list – Podcast”
Perfect imperfection and Parkinsons
For those of us with a condition like Parkinson’s we know that there will be a gradual worsening as we go along. There are many facets to Parkinsons and every person experiencing it can be quite different in how the condition manifests itself. While there is no cure for Parkinsons – as yet – thereContinue reading “Perfect imperfection and Parkinsons”
What happens after??
Many years ago I worked as a Social Worker in the community with people with dementia and their partners/husbands/wives and other family members who needed support. There were groups available for people in the early stages of dementia, support groups for family members and volunteers to help support the carers and people with dementia. AContinue reading “What happens after??”
Tis the season for family and forgiveness
I don’t know if other people do this very much, but today I have gone through my Facebook friends and my contacts on my phone and reviewed whether they are still friends that I am in contact with. If I don’t feel like we are in contact anymore, I have culled them. The interesting thingContinue reading “Tis the season for family and forgiveness”
You don’t know what people are dealing with…
I was talking to a friend recently about their relationship, which as it turns out, is not what we might have thought it was. She has been living with a very controlling spouse and she has done her best to keep this under wraps, so that most who know her would not have guessed. IContinue reading “You don’t know what people are dealing with…”
The familiar, the ordinary
Generally speaking, the familiar or the ordinary in our lives gives us a feeling of comfort or safety. A known quantity or experience to be relied upon. However, there are times when the familiar or the ordinary or what has become so, is not a good or safe thing. My second marriage became an unsafeContinue reading “The familiar, the ordinary”
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that stuff…
Life at the moment is as ever complicated. I am trying to keep up with my blog, try to work out how to record, edit and get a podcast finished and cope with health issues. Life is full of ‘stuff’ that I am trying to do and I find that there is not much thatContinue reading “Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that stuff…”
Saying goodbye…
For anyone who has ever had a pet, we tend to think of them as not just an animal, but one of the family. They are usually fed and cared for just like you would feed and care for them if they were your children. Today we had our beautiful, crazy cat Gidget ‘put toContinue reading “Saying goodbye…”
Parkies, life and grief
As with any other person, there is much more to my life than just the diagnosis of Parkinson’s. I carry with me a grief that no mother should have to face. The death of my oldest son, suddenly and far too soon at just short of his 39th birthday. One thing that I find comfortContinue reading “Parkies, life and grief”
My journey with Parkinsons 