My feelings

Date 6 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m having a little bit of a downer on myself. Everything seems to be tumbling down on me. As parents, we pride ourselves on staying strong, as individuals away from being a parent, it's easy for our emotions to take their toll, particularly because it's our job to keep our…
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Recognising parenting traits

Date 3 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Having taken time to reflect on what I see as my failings, particularly in school, I realise now those failings weren’t my responsibility. There was no mental or emotional support in place around my disability, or my difficulties, but I also know I need to take control back and own…
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Legacies from childhood

Date 2 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
During a conversation with my father, he acknowledged mistakes, which helps me, but he couldn’t remember all of them in any detail. I cannot change those mistakes, but they did become part of my life and legacy for a while. The mistakes our parents make over the years do become…
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Saying sorry

Date 30 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
We find it difficult to accept we’re wrong that someone else may be right, but how many of us will admit we’re wrong? The reality is that without saying sorry, we’re shaping our future to be right without seeing ourselves as ever being wrong. Never being wrong or being able…
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Being beautiful inside & out

Date 29 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Being beautiful isn’t just about a beautiful face, or a beautiful body, or what’s in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty comes from the mind, beauty is etched on our souls, and reveals itself in our actions toward others. Below are some ways you can work on being beautiful from…
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Beauty from within

Date 28 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
There is no point in us looking beautiful, if every time we open our mouths something inappropriate comes out. My mind goes to a film called The Elephant Man. Marred by a disease at birth that left him permanently disfigured, the Elephant Man was frightening to look at. He was a…
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Emotional Help and Compensation

Date 25 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s a tough one to call, but does claiming for compensation for a birth defect or a negligence claim, make our suffering any easier? I say that because of something my GP said to me a couple of months ago, when I was trying to find out about cerebral palsy.…
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My thoughts in winter

Date 19 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
The winter months bother me physically, because I deal with a disability. I have noticed a change in my strength on my left side. My leg tone has always been noticeable thinner, weaker and never as strong as my right, but I never knew until recently there ...
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About my education

Date 17 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Another memory came to mind on my education growing up. I had learning difficulties, with my parents and teachers ignoring my difficulties. Studies show that our education has lot to do with our parents’ education. Although my case is different because of my neurological difficulties, studies have shown that children…
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How I see my life with CP

Date 8 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Having cerebral palsy isn’t about just my physical constraints, but my emotional and mental constraints too. It is because of these constraints that I have always felt as though I am living my life inside, looking out at the world. I have already talked about some of my symptoms, but…
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Childhood memories

Date 5 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Peering out of the window and seeing a neighbour going out with her daughter, for a split second my thoughts went back to my own childhood with my parents, and I found myself wondering whether my neighbour would accomplish great things with her child. I understand why my thoughts went…
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New Year's Resolutions

Date 3 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Before we come into a New Year, we have so many thoughts about how the year will go and what changes we’re going to make, but just how hard is it to keep up with those New Year resolutions? A New Year for most people means starting over, as if…
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