I was looking out the window of the holiday cottage we stayed in last week and saw a Springer spaniel running back and forth over the beach. It was pouring with rain and very windy. Do you think that bothered the dog? Not a bit of it!

My other half was in Boston last week. In my exhaustion I didn’t recognise the place at the beginning in his photo, but when I was told the tagline I knew straightway. I remembered I used to come home every lunchtime and get a boost from watching half an hour of Cheers before I went…

Who always has time to listen, who can step in when needed, who is there.

Are possibly the ones that make us who we are. In my (all too frequent) times of self-pity I lament everything I have lost. Everything that my bad health has taken from me. But, light bulb moment!- maybe what is left is actually the best of me. Maybe that is true for you as well.

Change it.

Your achievements, however small they might appear to other people. I was notified today that I have been blogging with wordpress for eighteen years.🎉 In my healthier past I would feel a sense of achievement when I swam forty lengths or baked a fantastic cake. These quieter days, my bar is much lower. But, happily,…

Last Sunday I was trying to put on tights. My husband was giving me a hand. It didn’t help that we were both finding it hilarious. When I was recounting this to someone they remarked, ‘better to laugh than cry’. At lunchtime today Jeremy Vine was talking about the death of comedy. No one, he…

My electric wheelchair broke yesterday. I tried to carry on without it but, honestly, I’m adrift! Surviving without something, or more painfully, someone, is so hard.

I was going over this past week last night and felt completely overwhelmed. I had the choice to give in to despair or find another way to deal with it all. I decided then to pray blessings on every situation, every person that was stressing me out. It calmed me down and helped to take…

Or maybe a lot. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m always chasing my tail. Today, for example, the soup I’ve made will be ready for a very late lunch. Every morning I hear busy people racing to work and I admire their commitment.