Oh knickers!

(a silly thing happened the other day!)I wrote this poem the other day. Well, I started to write it, couldn’t find it when I went back to try to find it and finish it and then gave up and wrote the other poem you may have seen. As I did find the original – thisContinue reading “Oh knickers!”

“In the knickers of time…”

A silly little poem, just because sometimes I don’t want my life to be all about Parkinson’s. I offer this poem, that pokes fun at me to show that life doesn’t have to always be serious. I often laugh at myself, cos I am apt to do silly things from time to time. This wasContinue reading ““In the knickers of time…””

Why wait till you’re gone?

I remember many, many years ago when my children’s paternal great grandmother passed away. My children were very young at the time and so was I, being in my early twenties. I might even have had just my eldest son. Anyway, the great grandmother passed away and I was asked by my then mother-in-law ifContinue reading “Why wait till you’re gone?”

What is a friend?

All my life I have not had a great many friends. For many reasons this has always been an unchanging facet of my life. I am not saying this for sympathy at all, in fact I have known people with lots of friends and they have had difficulty keeping them all happy. The more friendsContinue reading “What is a friend?”

Impulse control and internet shopping – A confession!

I have always enjoyed shopping whether it be for clothes, perfume, new or used I like them all. I like to potter around in junky little second hand shops and op shops and all the usual shopping haunts. When I have been immobilized by my recovery from my operations and couldn’t get to shops, IContinue reading “Impulse control and internet shopping – A confession!”

Parent to child – Child to parent. When does it change?

It’s funny I think when we look back on our previous lives and sometimes we remember events quite differently than when we were amongst it. Bear with me, as I try to explain. When I have reminisced with my children – now very much adults, my youngest turning 40 at the end of the yearContinue reading “Parent to child – Child to parent. When does it change?”

A Health Passport and other information…

One of the things about being a Social Worker, is that a good Social Worker is skilled at first getting information from a client or patient. This is important because the Social Worker can then ensure that they provide information and support in relation to that person’s individual needs and preferences. When a person isContinue reading “A Health Passport and other information…”

Some more thoughts about the fine line…

Well, yesterday I wrote a post called ‘there’s a fine line…’ and I have been thinking about how things went yesterday. Just reflecting on the game and perhaps trying to analyse why the other team played so much better than us. Of course, one reason is that they are known to be two of theContinue reading “Some more thoughts about the fine line…”

There’s a fine line…

I have never been what you might consider by any stretch of the imagination, to be athletic. I have never been particularly good at sports. The only two things that could be considered sporting pursuits that I have participated in have seen hockey – at school – and bowls. I did go to the gymContinue reading “There’s a fine line…”

Tough times and tough decisions…

I was reading a post that was on a Facebook page for people with Parkinson’s and their carers/family/supporters. It is a very useful page, because it gives different perspectives and often the discussions are really useful, those of us “experts” on Parkinson’s can share our experiences and help each other. You will note that IContinue reading “Tough times and tough decisions…”