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Shall We Get Dressed Now?

Shall We Get Dressed Now?

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

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Author: Mike Nevin

I decided to write about the funny side of being cared for. I am a full time wheelchair user with daily carers. It's my experiences with my carers that inspired this blog.
7th Dec 2019 Experiences / Reviews / Thoughts

Next Day delivery

Hermes, have an interesting service available. It’s called Next Day delivery. What do you think Next Day delivery means? That

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5th Dec 2019 Faith / Thoughts

A long time ago…

It’s that time of year, excitement is building, kids are getting ready. Yes, a new Star Wars movie is due.

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30th Nov 2019 Experiences / Humour / Thoughts

All aboard

As a child I loved trains, who doesn’t, well keep it to yourself if you don’t. So what a delight

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20th Nov 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Stop, Look and Listen

When I was a child I was taught to Stop, Look and Listen at a busy road. Perhaps that’s good

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18th Nov 2019 Experiences / Health / Thoughts

Never mind the quality feel the length

Is quality a thing of the past? That seems a stupid question, after all everywhere you look things are advertised

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14th Nov 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

The sun shines on the righteous

We often say when it’s sunny, ‘The sun shines on the righteous,’ many won’t know the rest of that quote:

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2nd Nov 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

They think it’s all over

Most people have heard the quote: ‘They think it’s all over, it is now.’ From a football match commentary a

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31st Oct 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

One thing not to say to a disabled person

There seem to be a lot of lists on the internet saying, ‘x things not to say to disabled people,’

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25th Oct 2019 Thoughts

The illusion of fame

Cream floats to the top. So does scum of course and rubbish, flotsam and other detritus. When you look at

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24th Oct 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Turning the world upside down

When I wrote this, the rain was hammering onto the bird table roof, glistening drops of water hanging all around

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24th Oct 2019 Experiences / Faith

Hope comes in the morning

A quote from ― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  “I hope no one who reads this

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16th Oct 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Nearly there, keep going

We were coming up the drive of Cleve Hotel and Spa the other day and I was again taking note

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6th Oct 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

I did it my way

One of the verses of My Way, made famous by Frank Sinatra: I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried I’ve had

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29th Sep 2019 News

How Caring print book now available

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25th Sep 2019 Experiences / Health / Thoughts

The enemy within

In ‘Star Trek Beyond’, The Star Ship Enterprise is attacked by thousands of tiny ships. It is destroyed because there

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22nd Sep 2019 News

My Blogs are now available as a Kindle e-book

19th Sep 2019 Experiences / Thoughts

Are we there yet?

Anyone with kids will know these words, the dreaded words from the back seat on a long journey:             ‘Are

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10th Sep 2019 Experiences / Humour / Thoughts

Skiing in a wheelchair

(Obviously it’s not me in the photo) Have you ever looked at the review of your Google location information? Probably

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9th Sep 2019 Video

Video blog of – Mistakes I’ve made a few

6th Sep 2019 Video

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