Today is Day 28 of my National Poem Writing Month challenge, and I have managed to write a haiku each day, often using an image to spark my imagination. Todays poem is called Alone and has me thinking more about loneliness, dementia and dying. I’m not so sure the loneliness is any worse than when you are facing … Continue reading »
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The value of social media
This is a great article about social media Blogging to share good practice. Thanks Gill Phillips!
Time flies
A fellow blogger, Worrywarts guide… led me to the YouTube clip below (thank you). It catapulted me into a ‘reconsider my various mantras’ mode, such as ‘you live until you die’ and ‘live every day as if it’s your last, just in case it is’. And then it made me wonder how many days until … Continue reading »
Lost to dementia or WordPress?
A couple of weeks ago I ’lost’ a blog post, and the day after I asked for someone to tell me if they had received it, and thankfully one lovely friend (DR) sent me the email she received into her Inbox, so I actually have proof of it!! But where the hell did it go, and … Continue reading »
I’ve started wandering…
My days are starting to look a bit like this! I do a lot of walking around in circles, up and down the stairs to the bedroom, back to the office or kitchen, wondering why. If I was a resident in aged care, I would be labelled as wandering, rather than a person simply looking for something … Continue reading »
Staying connected
As I wander around the shops or streets, or sit in restaurants or cafes, many people are more connected to their iPhones or iPads, tweeting, or checking emails or Facebook or other social media connections, often forgetting to talk to each other. Worrying or excited about how many followers they have, rather than how many face-to-face … Continue reading »
The ramblings of a writer…
Why do writer’s write? The only reason writers write is they can’t help it; they have to! We are compelled to put pen to pape or fingers to the keyboard, whether it is published or not, almost like an illness or addiction. As a child, I can even recall sitting on the loo, writing on the toilet … Continue reading »
Reflections on 2012
On the 1st of January this year, I commenced the challenge set by WordPress to bloggers around the world called Kick Off 2012 with Project 366. It began as a new page on this site called ‘Conversations with Kate’, a chat titled Day 1 of Project 366 and so on. It evolved like a small child grows, … Continue reading »
Finding my way
A friend and newish follower of my Daily Digest has been lovingly overprotective of me the last few weeks since reading my struggles (thanks Deb xxx), kindly averting too much ‘volunteering’ work from coming my way from one organisation that has my heart forever. It reminded me of my husband the first couple of years after the … Continue reading »
Christmas, grief, dementia and remembering
Having lost my mother in law to ovarian cancer in 2005, it was a sad first Christmas without my father in law. I can recall his and our tears that first Christmas without her. We spent it with my parents, partly because they are elderly now and we are lucky to still have them, and partly … Continue reading »
Dementia and reading
“We read to know that we are not alone.” C.S. Lewis Thank you C.S. Lewis for that lovely quote. Reading has been much more than that, but it does make us feel like we are not alone. Reading introduces us to new knowledge, but so much more; it introduces us to new worlds of pleasure. To … Continue reading »
A few things…
As always, there are still a few things to do when someones life ends, a few loose ends, a few things you’d wished you’d always done, a few things you wished you’d never done, a few people who wished they had seen you more often, a few people who you wish you had seen more … Continue reading »
Fear and dementia
As the symptoms of dementia are changing again, once more I search for new meaning in my life. New ways to find joy in my heart and new ways to see what is happening as a gift. Right now, I feel more fearful than joyous, and I’m having trouble remembering there have been many gifts … Continue reading »
Daily writing, paddling, staying afloat
I follow a few writing blogs, and Live to Write – Write to Live is one of my favourites. A blog on this site written by Diane MacKinnon, Dialogue With The Internal Editor really sparked my writing mood and practice, and makes good sense. Yesterday I wrote about dementia, drowning, and paddling like a swan … Continue reading »
Drowning, paddling harder and staying afloat
Many days it feels like I am drowning from the symptoms of dementia, and last night my husband and I were talking about the changes that are taking place again, and the fear we both feel when I might not be able to keep myself afloat. It is not the most comfortable emotional journey, constantly feeling like … Continue reading »
