This weekend I have had my three lovely grand-daughters to stay over. The twins (15) had planned a sleepover with a friend for Saturday, so only stayed one night – with teenagers you take what you can get – and the youngest (10) stayed an extra night with Nanna and Grampy as the teenagers doingContinue reading “Making memories and keeping family memories alive…”
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Learning to bowl… with a Parkies brain
A good example of how slowed processing in my Parkies brain, can make things more challenging than for the average person. Too much information, from too many people, in a short space of time just ends up a confusing jumble in my mind. So I wrote this poem… Learning to bowlWhich side is the bais,Continue reading “Learning to bowl… with a Parkies brain”
You MUST remember….
How many times have we been in conversation and it goes something like this. Me: “How do I get to…” Him: “You MUST remember, we’ve been there so many times!” Me: “Nope. I don’t have to take notice when you are driving” or “I just can’t remember which fork to take in the Motorway, maybeContinue reading “You MUST remember….”
Cognitively Coping?
My thoughts regarding Cognitively Coping, are somewhat confused at best. As I try to analyze what is happening, if I think too long and too hard then that only serves at times to make matters worse. I know when I am talking to anyone else who can’t quite get to what they want to say,Continue reading “Cognitively Coping?”
Warm knees and Warm memories
Just over four months ago I started a project to crochet knee rugs for one of the local resthomes. They are just the right size to cover knees and laps when sitting in a chair or wheelchair and won’t get in the way of wheels. I started doing them because I wanted something to doContinue reading “Warm knees and Warm memories”
Don’t wait till you retire…
I was having a chat to a friend of mine today and the subject of retirement came up. Another friend joined in and we had a good discussion about how we all know people who have worked hard all their lives and who had plans for travelling once retired. All too often the dream ofContinue reading “Don’t wait till you retire…”
In house jokes and sayings
Every family and every couple I’m sure have sayings and in house jokes that others wouldn’t get. Those ‘you had to be there’ moments, like this morning when our grandson and I showed Grampy a clip from Shaun the Sheep. Grandson had played and replayed the clip yesterday, cracking up each time. We decided toContinue reading “In house jokes and sayings”
The Parkies Poet…
The Parkies Poet She is the Parkies Poet she says ‘the Parkies Poet am I’She sits there at the keyboard and watches her fingers flyShe sits and writes a poem, it may be happy or sadJust sits and writes a poem, and hope it won’t turn badIt may not be about Parkies, the topics canContinue reading “The Parkies Poet…”
Laughter is it the best medicine?
They say laughter is the best medicine and in many ways that is true. As it is often said,’If I don’t laugh, I’ll cry!’ But sometimes the laughter is to cover up real pain. Pain that we may not know what to do with and so we cover that pain with a smile and aContinue reading “Laughter is it the best medicine?”
For my friends… I know it was hard for you to say!
My friends had the difficult job of telling me some honest truths about my symptoms, which unfortunately I didn’t realise had become noticeable… So, I wrote them a poem. I cruise through life so slowly and try to do my bestI’m grateful for my family, for I am truly blessedAlthough I do have Parkies, IContinue reading “For my friends… I know it was hard for you to say!”
My journey with Parkinsons 