It’s World Kindness Day today so what have you done today to make you feel proud…..?? (Sorry for the randomness but I used to love Heather Small and when I was teaching, I used to […]
Tag: Caring
Alternative therapies for chronic pain aka Why not try something else……???
Alternative therapies for chronic pain Since I’ve been suffering from chronic pain, following a spontaneous spinal fracture five years ago, I have tried many alternative remedies and therapies to try and help control my […]
“I get by with a little help from my friends…”
Last week, all hell let loose with the collapse of Thomas Cook airways. I woke up to the news all over the television, with advice on what to do if you were involved in one […]
My review of the Crowne Plaza Hotel NEC Birmingham (aka when is an accessible room not an accessible room…..??)
We booked the Crowne Plaza NEC for the weekend of the Motability Big Event at the NEC. We’d travelled up from South Wales so decided to make a ‘real’ trip of it. My husband booked […]
How to react when a Consultant says your chronic pain is ‘down to your weight’….?
Tonight’s blog is one of the most honest I’ve ever written but I need to share it as I know so many others have been in the same position. How to react when a […]
Carpe Diem aka “In memory of a dear friend……” 💔
Carpe Diem is a phrase that you hear so often, flippantly thrown into any given conversation (usually with a shrug) to say that we should all ‘seize the day’ or at the very least do […]
Can love with a disabled person last? A Valentine Day’s musing………
In America last year, the famous talk show host Dr Phil uttered the (now infamous) statement that in a relationship where one of the couple is disabled, they “can be his lover or you can […]
On the up again – a counselling journey……..
“So how are things going since we last spoke?” This is becoming a very familiar question these days and this is how my lovely new counsellor begins each session as to check in at the beginning […]
So where did I go? – the world through the ‘brain fog’……
I feel like I’ve just woken up from a coma this morning; it’s now precisely 13.09 and I’ve just managed to open my eyes. With my bleary, first thing in the morning/afternoon vision, I spy activity […]
Life is looking up suddenly……..
I’m sitting here in the warmth of my caravan (more about that a little later!) looking out through the drizzle and all I can see are mountains, fields and gambolling little lambs. After a very […]
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