Something inspirational:
“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.”
ALICE WALKER
Read on »An Alice Walker quote
31 Jul, 2015
Month: July 2015
Truth & anger
It’s amazing how the truth only ever seems to come out when we’re angry about something. It seems to happen every time.
Anger is the catalyst for expressing uncomfortable truths and emotions that are already there, bubbling under the surface. It’s often used as an excuse to say what we feel, but done in the most inappropriate …
Read on » 30 Jul, 2015
The nature of family
The family unit although in theory sounds harmonious, in practice doesn’t always turn out like that.
The nature of family is such that they have different opinions, different personalities, different values and different beliefs. Animosity brought about through jealousy is also part of the family scenario and it is …
Read on » 29 Jul, 2015
A Sherlock Holmes quote
28 Jul, 2015
Wellness & illness
Being a premature second twin and having cerebral palsy would always mean problems with reflux and digestion. Even though I am careful with my lifestyle, it is still easy for me to get caught out. That’s par for the course.
I’m not as ill as I used to be, but it still makes living a normal life difficult. I find it difficult to plan meals that work for me, and plan ahead. I have to make sure I have little stress through the day, because …
Read on » 27 Jul, 2015
We are people first
We are people first before our wants and needs. Even though I didn’t know about my disability or what my needs were, I mattered. It was important I was able to say what I felt. We must talk about the things that matter.
And just because people may have what seems like a happy upbringing, doesn’t mean they won’t struggle with mental health, or have their own set of needs. Even the happiest people will struggle with their …
Read on » 26 Jul, 2015
A Miley Cyrus quote
Something inspirational:
“Nobody notices your sorrow, your pain, but everyone notices your mistakes.”
MILEY CYRUS
Read on » 25 Jul, 2015
Leading by example
Through confidence, we set the standards for ourselves, for our families. Through confidence, we demonstrate what we believe in and what we know, through many positive examples. We lead by example, we show others our way of doing things.
Through positive examples, we build trust and through trust we let others know that we stand by our word. We’re respectful of others, we’re also open-minded on what others have to say. We’re happy to …
Read on » 24 Jul, 2015
Taking sides
I’m not sure it matters whether you’re the child, the parent, or the grandparent. It’s wrong to take one person’s opinion over another. It’s not something families stop to consciously think about, or stop doing. It’s there and is something that still, continues to be part of the family scenario.
Unless we learn to do things differently, we will always take sides and sitting on the fence shouldn’t be an option. If parents do it …
Read on » 23 Jul, 2015
My lost years
I’ve been watching a few tear-jerking episodes of Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell’s ‘Long-Lost Family’ series and although I haven’t missed out on knowing my family, not knowing that I had cerebral palsy, makes me feel that part of my own life has been lost.
There is a large chunk of my life that I shall never get back, living with a disability I didn’t know I had. My frustrations, my anger, being blamed so many times for my anger. Wanting to know what was wrong …
Read on » 22 Jul, 2015
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