The Cliff Edge
As a child, I used to think there was a 'right' and 'wrong' answer to every question, that adults know what they are doing, and that love is always enough. These things are nice concepts, and entirely untrue.
The Cliff Edge (Poem)
The endless cycle of chronic pain
2021
I pleaded with 2020 to be gentle, to be kind. She had no such thing in mind. I asked nothing of 21. I've tried expectations and now I've tried none.
My Endometriosis Diagnosis
I Belong in Lockdown
Food shopping is not the triumph I thought it would be. I hadn’t been in a supermarket for almost two years…
Voting with an Invisible Disability
Walk carefully. Look a bit sad. Prove you are in as much pain as you feel….
Pain & Joy
This is the face of someone who has just been discharged from hospital and narrowly avoided an operation. This is…
Public Transport excludes almost 1/4 of the Public
We don’t notice how uneven the pavement is, how high curbs are, how narrow so many doorways are, no we really don’t notice half of our surroundings until we try to navigate the world in a wheelchair…
2020
2020 has not been kind... but I don’t think it’s her fault.
Society is Dependent on Diversity
Ken Robinson made me think about a perspective that is all too common right now- the concept that disabled people are disposable. Worth less. That dying from covid if you are vulnerable is simply natural selection. Survival of the fittest. Recently, eugenics…
Fear is just faith you can’t see
I have been thinking a lot about fear recently. This year has been terrifying. However, all emotions and thoughts have a positive origin because the first priority of our brain is to protect us. This might seem controversial at first but fear is a great example of this. Though we experience it as a negative feeling, fear is actually there to…
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