It’s been nearly two months since we married and we’ve had nothing resembling a honeymoon. We finally took off on Thursday night for the wilds of the South Wairarapa Coast of New Zealand. We could do this thanks to the assistance of husband number one, who was happy to take my children for a few … Read more
By popular demand, the wedding dance that shocked the lot of you! Or maybe not, as this was the wedding of Mike and Kitty, so you never quite knew what was going to happen! Have fun, be kind, just do it.
When you’re generally lazy and kind of got too much to do already sticking to a health regime is not easy. Yet as I stared at the bathroom scales and they kind of stared back diapassionatly I realised it was time to shove all excuses aside. I’m going to be honest here, my portion sizes … Read more
Checking In I have been pondering many things recently. Some time ago I read an article that stated Parkinson’s was a weird thing where you adjusted, got used to it, then noticed it changed over time. So you adjust again, get used to it, and so on. I think I’ve been adjusting. There’s been lots … Read more
I used I date artist named Brendan. He was heaps of fun. He and I often joked that New Year was a strange time. And there was always someone making unreasonable demands or causing a row on New Year’s Eve, usually as the clock struck midnight. This week I myself decided to face up to … Read more
Time. An odd concept. They say “time and tide wait for no man.” (I suppose the same can be said of woman, but it was written in a different age.) However time is indeed precious. When one is young it seems as though time is interminable and endless, a yearning chasm of desperately waiting. Waiting … Read more
If you had little to no knowledge of the condition, and you were asked to imagine someone with Parkinson’s I’m fairly sure you wouldn’t think of me. I don’t fit the typical mould of someone who has this disease. Yet I don’t think anyone who hears those words “you have Parkinson’s” thinks “oh sure, that’s … Read more
Being told that you have an incurable disease is an unpleasant experience. Discovering that it’s degenerative even more so. The world expects. You’re expected to decline. You’re expected to not do well. You’re expected to be sick, take it easy. In addition age brings with it certain expectations. Weight gain, loss of mobility and ease … Read more
It’s been a funny old week. I’ve been thrown in at the deep end a little at work, raised a good amount for charity and personally struggled with my own health. I mean, I know that I have something that officially is degenerative, but who wants to really admit that? I prefer to live in … Read more
