I did it! Woo hoo… I did it, and for that, you, my amazing supporters and cheerleaders deserve my love and sincere thanks. Now I have time to sit back and enjoy my first ever NaNoWriMo moment, think about what on earth to do with all those words and how to turn them into something worthwhile. I … Continue reading »
Posted in November 2011 …
On the home straight…
Ok you lot, I’m back from the rehab physio, and almost back at NaNoWriMo but I had so many messages here and on my phone, I felt I should post a quick blog. I say, Get those hats on, and the glass of champagne or cup of tea in waiting, and keep cheering. Karen sent an … Continue reading »
Getting excited!!!
So excited I’m posting a second blog, an update on the challenge. Only 3190 words to go on the NaNoWriMo counter… thanks everyone for your cheering and support. I’m heading off to the Neurophysiotherapist for some rehab, then back to the writing. xx
A lazy blog!
Today my blog is a lazy one. It is the final countdown, and I am behind schedule. The NaNoWriMo pep talks and feedback suggest every single other person working on this goal is in the same boat. It encourages me to keep going, and if I don’t make it this year, then I can have … Continue reading »
The gift of dying
Yesterday was too much emotion for me to write for NaNoWriMo, and a lot of time needed for being with my sick friend and speaking to doctors and family and friends again. I did not have the emotional or physical energy to even consider writing the 2000+ words required for yesterdays November novel-writing goal. Oh … Continue reading »
Sadness
Yesterday I really wanted to blog about my very sick hospitalised friend, but to have done so would have meant there would have been no words at all, just tears. Hence the crazed focus on the NaNoWriMo goal in between hospital visits, phone calls and meetings with his other friends. He had another seizure, and … Continue reading »
Todays goal
10,000 words! That was my goal today. I started at 9am, three hours later than planned, but at 6am I thought, what the hell, it is Sunday, and stayed in bed to share the cup of tea made for me by my husband. As usual, the tea (which I usually make but was too lazy to get out of bed … Continue reading »
Will I give up?
This was the question I asked myself today about NaNoWriMo as I have quite some way to go to achieve my golden NaNoWriMo halo. Hell no, I said to myself, even though today, I feel like it! So this morning I wrote over 6000 words in a seemingly vain attempt to catch up. Then at lunch … Continue reading »
An abundance of love
The room was full of nurses, coordinators and other staff from one of Adelaide’s leading nursing homes; I had spoken to other staff from the same group earlier in the week, as well as another group working in the Adelaide Hills a few weeks ago. Presenting my deeply personal story, making sure it suits the audience … Continue reading »
Fragile
Today started out with me feeling fragile, fragile, fragile (see my Facebook page). It’s not that I don’t feel like that now, but I laughed so hard for the 45 minutes before my carer left tonight I have almost forgotten why I felt fragile!! My lovely carer Jodi was here today, and as usual we … Continue reading »
What have I done?!
Well, I’ve signed up to attend a 10 day (yes, I repeat 10 day!!) Vipassana Meditation and Self-discipline course with my eldest son Matt, from 14-25 January 2012. In case you haven’t heard of it (I had not until recently), here is some information for us all to digest. I will need your help to digest it, as it is … Continue reading »
A great idea???
Well, I did have a great idea for today’s blog, but have been seriously distracted sooooooo many times today and tonight, I have absolutely no idea what it was. What a day! Up early, working on my presentation to Masonic Homes, an unexpected visitor who was in tears and I didn’t have the time to do … Continue reading »
What to do…
and how to do it? These are the questions I ask myself many moments of most days. The dementia has definitely made life more complex, but has also unlocked new doors and interesting pathways, and found new mountains to climb and explore, albeit with more difficulty than before. My world has seemingly disappeared AND expanded, at … Continue reading »
A living funeral… and blogging
In one of my favourite books, Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom tells a true story of Morrie Schwartz who is dying of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which is a form of motor neurone disease. A brave man with a positive view of life, Morrie believes one cannot learn … Continue reading »
Don’t sweat the small stuff…
One last morning at Tangalooma. A walk along a stretch of magnificent white sand beach, warm waters rippling in a soft breeze, seagulls and starfish, stretched along the coastline. A lesson in serenity, and a reminder not to sweat the small stuff. My soul has been filled with peace, time to think more clearly, and lots of laughter, surely the … Continue reading »
