For twenty years I have been a Social Worker retiring in May of this year. I have been accustomed to having some hard conversations with patients and their partner or other family members. I always knew it must be hard to hear that they needed to go into residential care, but I never fully putContinue reading “Being on the receiving end…”
Category Archives: self-care
What’s precious? – includes ‘Swedish death cleaning’!!
None of us can know what is precious to someone unless they tell us. I had an incident a couple of days ago, that illustrated that very well. I had a bit of a health scare – which turned out OK – and I spent the day in hospital having tests. One of the testsContinue reading “What’s precious? – includes ‘Swedish death cleaning’!!”
I miss being me…
You might think that is a bit of a strange thing to say and it probably is. The me that I miss, is the me that is independent and does her own thing. The me that spur of the moment, will jump in her car and go look at Op Shops or go look aroundContinue reading “I miss being me…”
‘Loved ones’ and those we miss at Christmas…
I have always disliked the term ‘loved ones’ ever since I started working as a Social Worker. The term to me makes a whole world of assumptions about the relationships that surround – and also seemingly support – the people we work with. Even in our own personal world, all the training in the worldContinue reading “‘Loved ones’ and those we miss at Christmas…”
I should have left well enough alone… Podcast perils!
Some of you may have noticed that I have started to add Podcasts to my blog. These have been made from start to finish, wholly and solely by me, with no technical assistance whatsoever from anyone other than Youtube vids! So, I decided to take out the music intro and outro on my Podcasts andContinue reading “I should have left well enough alone… Podcast perils!”
The way we live now and the words that we use…
I find myself talking sometimes and halfway through a conversation, I think, ‘OMG, I feel and sound like an old person’ I say the sort of things my parents used to say to me, way back in the mists of time. I have caught myself looking at a young girl in a short skirt andContinue reading “The way we live now and the words that we use…”
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”
Pushing my poor tired brain…
I have been pushing my poor tired brain recently in a number of ways. I continue to write this blog when I can. Having a two-hour morphine induced ‘Nanna Nap’ in the middle of the day, cuts into my day quite a lot. I also want to spend time with my husband when he isn’tContinue reading “Pushing my poor tired brain…”
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”
My journey with Parkinsons 