Every now and again, I feel the need to check in with myself and see if I have noticed any changes in my presentation. Because Parkies is a condition that has many facets to it, there may be aspects that I am not fully aware of, but others who know me do. That is theContinue reading “Checking in… how am I doing?”
Tag Archives: Poetry
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…”
Grandchildren are a gift
Recently I have been enjoying spending some one-on-one time with each of my three granddaughters. It has been lovely having that individual time to talk to them about how things are going for them and opening the door for them if they want to talk. There have been some significant changes in their family structureContinue reading “Grandchildren are a gift”
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…”
Continence – A wee problem and a wee poem!
Every now and again I get the urge to write a poem about something in my life. Today I am going to a talk about continence issues, a subject that many of us may not admit to having. I hope you enjoy this poem. Continence – A wee problemThere seems to be a problem ofContinue reading “Continence – A wee problem and a wee poem!”
I am the old woman – A poem
If ever there is someone I make fun of on a regular basis, it is me! I rely on my sense of humour that I don’t offend myself and hopefully therefore do not offend anyone else. Today I realised, I am an old woman. So, I wrote a poem about it. As you do! OrContinue reading “I am the old woman – A poem”
Hospital, health and Harrahs – a poem and a Podcast
i wrote this yesterday, inspired by being weighed to get me ready for my operation on Monday. I write a lot of my poetry when I am stressed. Sometimes like today, I can be sitting getting blood taken – hey that’s an idea for a poem – and a poem starts to come to me.Continue reading “Hospital, health and Harrahs – a poem and a Podcast”
Two poems – ‘Where is the little boy?’ and ‘Have you seen your mother naked?’ – Podcast
As you can probably tell from the title, these are two very different poems! But, for different reasons, they both make me smile when I read them. I hope you enjoy them both. I have posted these before on this blog, if you want to read them for yourself, just do a search for poemsContinue reading “Two poems – ‘Where is the little boy?’ and ‘Have you seen your mother naked?’ – Podcast”
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”
Words are important
I know there will be changes to my body in the future. I think I am prepared for that. The thing that I am not looking forward to, is that one day my voice will change and my words both spoken and written may leave me. I have had some symptoms which apparently can beContinue reading “Words are important”
My journey with Parkinsons 