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 …
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.
So why do families get things wrong?
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 …
Read on » 29 Jul, 2015
A Sherlock Holmes quote
28 Jul, 2015
Wellness & illness
It doesn’t matter how careful I am, being a premature second twin and having Cerebral Palsy would always mean problems with reflux and digestion. They’re never far away. Even though I am careful with my lifestyle, it’s still easy for me to get caught out. That’s par for the course.
At least I’m not as ill as I used to be, so it’s not all bad, but it still makes living a normal life difficult. I still find it difficult to plan ahead, plan meals that work for me and make sure I have little stress …
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 believed I mattered. It was important to me that I was able to say what I felt. We must talk about the things that matter.
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. What seems right from the outset, is not what happens …
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
Leading by example. Take the bull by the horns and show others how it’s done, but remember to keep yourself grounded through the process, because it’s easy to get off track.
We set the standards for ourselves, for our families and that’s how we build confidence. With confidence, we demonstrate what we believe in and what we know, through many positive examples …
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 not something families stop doing and although it’s not something they will consciously encourage, it’s there and is something that still, continues to be part of the family scenario. I’m talking about taking one person’s opinion over another.
Unless we learn to understand the human condition, we will always take sides and sitting on the fence shouldn’t be an option either. It’s something we learn. It is what parents do, it is what children …
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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