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Shall We Get Dressed Now?

Being cared for has been a series of difficult, awkward and funny situations.

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Month: Jun 2019

30th Jun 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

The long goodbye

(No it’s not about death, nor is it a fictional thriller) Carers are more than friends, but not quite family,

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26th Jun 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

A walk in the dark

Have you ever been wheeled along with your eyes closed? Perhaps on a hospital trip, or have a childhood memory

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23rd Jun 2019 Experiences / Faith / Humour / Thoughts

Mistakes, I’ve made a few

“I was wrong.” As Mary said this, I tried not to look surprised, but I was. It’s not something she

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22nd Jun 2019 Experiences / Humour

Music, barking dogs and dancing lizards

Where else could you see someone dancing with a lizard? It’s not something I’ve ever seen before and I watch

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20th Jun 2019 Experiences / Health / Humour

A Shocking Trip

Lying on the bed in an anti-room of the neurosciences ward, I’d felt some trepidation. Electricity and I have never

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19th Jun 2019 Experiences

Who said it’s grim up north

I remember as a child my image of the North was dark and cold, which was strange considering my Mum

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15th Jun 2019 Biography

Our time in Creech St Michael

(This is the continuation of our autobiography) See part 1 of our autobiography We lived in Creech St Michael between

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14th Jun 2019 Experiences / Health / Humour

Young and old

Over the years I have had carers as young as 17 and some into their 60s. You would have thought

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6th Jun 2019 Experiences / Health / News / Thoughts

Home is where the heart is (Update)

We all know the expression, “Home is where the heart is.” It expresses the idea that home is not a

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4th Jun 2019 Experiences / Health / Humour

We want one with a bigger bottom next time

“We want one with a bigger bottom next time.” As I said it, I realised it could be taken the

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3rd Jun 2019 Experiences / Humour

Fair weather

A year ago, Mary was in Sheffield, I was in Popham Court Nursing home on respite. The weather was scorching

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2nd Jun 2019 Thoughts

Memory

(Not about health) When you spend a lot of time in bed, you get a lot of thinking time. My

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1st Jun 2019 Poetry

Holding on (Poetry)

(A poem by Mary Nevin) (Read the words with a hard northern ‘a’) Weighted down by leaden thoughts, Things to

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1st Jun 2019 Experiences / Health

Slip, slide or stick

Last week I was taking bets on whether I would sink or swim at Wellington swimming pool. Today I was

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1st Jun 2019 Poetry

Spring Hope (Poetry)

(A poem by Mary Nevin) A life brutally stripped, Pruned jagged and raw. Blasted by winter winds, Drenched by freezing

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