Risk taking

Date 3 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
During our lifetime, some of us will spend a lot of time weighing up the pros and cons and that's right. I tend to assess my options first. That way I make less mistakes and weigh up any risk factors. Unfortunately, as is the case, some of the things we…
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Working on my week

Date 2 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
This weekend hasn’t been the best of weekends, but come to think of it neither has the last week before that, so it’s really not surprising that today my mind is totally blank. I need to regroup my thoughts. Today I’m working on getting myself back on to a more…
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A closed mind

Date 1 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We close our minds. We close our minds to the possibilities that we may have done okay, but instead convince ourselves we’ve failed. We then continue to convince ourselves that we've failed, instead of waiting to see what the results are with an open mind. Then not only have we…
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A little girl's dream

Date 30 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
When I was a little girl, I used to imagine happily ever after scenarios, but as I began to grow up, I slowly came to realise that’s not how life really is, well not my life anyway. That we constantly have to work at things, sort issues out and even…
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The facts about CP

Date 28 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Because of a lack of research pertaining to my cerebral palsy and being premature, I am still left with uncertainty as I age. When I was a little girl, even with my physical problems; I still assumed I would age in the same way as everyone else, but now I…
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How The CP Diary works

Date 26 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
For anyone who is interested to know how The CP Diary works. The CP Diary isn’t based on how I see the world, but how I get the best out of my life, through my experiences. My blogs are based on my thoughts and feelings of what I have had…
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Opinions formed

Date 25 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Opinions formed and for some of us, that is our biggest bugbear.  Where others seem to have formed opinions about us, or comparisons made without the evidence. Growing up with a disability, and I have heard it said from others, opinions are sometimes formed, but that can’t help anyone. Why…
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Things to change

Date 23 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We will always fail to please others when we fail to please ourselves, we will always fail to trust others when we fail to trust ourselves and we will always fail to be honest with others when we’re not honest with ourselves. We will also always fail to communicate with…
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Images of illness

Date 22 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
When I found out my father was terminally ill, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to watch his declining health. I began to cope reasonably well, as I was able to dip into my father’s life at a pace that I could cope with. Because of my Cerebral Palsy, I…
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Missing out on life

Date 19 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m not sure what’s worse, making choices that turn out to be bad ones, or not having made any choices at all? In hindsight and all things considered, personally I would rather have made some bad choices than not made any choices at all. Having been controlled all my life…
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We choose our path

Date 18 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We choose the life we come into and live the life we choose. It probably sounds odd and is a difficult concept for us to understand, but long before we’re a twinkle in our parents’ eyes, we’ve already decided on the life we want to live and with whom we…
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A new understanding

Date 15 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
On the 17th May 2014, it will be 4 years since I started my journey with The CP Diary and I’ve become slightly more reflective than usual. I feel as though I have grown through many of my experiences and brought closure on many things that have happened in my…
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