The CP Diary

The death of a loved one can often leave us in a bad place; not because of their death but because of the problems they leave behind on their passing, which in one way or another have affected us.

The role of the parent in my mind is clear. Many people though may be left with countless unresolved issues, which can leave them angry but never confused in my opinion. Having lost two parents, my thoughts and feelings have been different on both …

Something inspirational:

“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.”

ANDY WARHOL

Whilst I was at the vets on Friday, a gentleman walked in to the waiting room. I know he had CP because of his unusual gait. As he approached we exchanged glances and smiled. I wanted to reach out; I wanted to say something… I wanted to let him know that he wasn’t alone. I would have love to have chatted with him; I would have loved to have exchanged thoughts and feelings about what we’ve both been through to get to this point in our lives. No matter how mild or severe our CP was, we we’re the same …

Things are definitely settling down a lot more. The problems that seemed so vast seem a lot smaller now. Losing my father some 10 weeks ago has left me with a completely different feeling about things and the feeling that things have been left unfinished. I know that when he was this side of life, things were enormously difficult. It’s not realistic for any of us to believe we can put everything right with our loved ones. I know one thing for sure …

I am delighted to announce that The CP Diary is 3 years old today. I would like to thank everyone for all their encouragement and support over the last three years.

According to new research publicised recently, a healthy social life may be as good for your long-term health as not smoking.

Research was carried out at Brigham Young University and the University of North Carolina where data was compared from 148 studies on health outcomes and social relationships from more than 300,000 men and women throughout the developed world.  They found that those with poor social connections had on average 50% higher odds of death …

Pasta with peas

Nice ‘n’ easy

Ingredients:

3 tbsp olive oil

3 garlic cloves, finely chopped …

Something inspirational:

“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It’s the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads to either fortune or failure.”

JIM ROHN

I’ve dealt with trauma all of my life; I’ve lived with little to no confidence; I’ve struggled to achieve things; I’ve also had difficult relationships with family, but that changed when I took myself in hand and started believing in myself. To some extent I’ve had to wait until the right time to turn things around, but the important point is, that’s what I have started to do… writing for The CP diary and using the diary as a tool …

Without a sense of humour our lives would be too serious, so in some respects it’s important for us to have one.

What happens though when humour gets in the way of our relationships; when it becomes bigger than the relationship itself, when we expect others to conform to our behaviour …