(Photo Description: A black and white photo of a wooden model ship.) Sunday April 24th The day started off with two chores that I somehow managed to finish by 11am. After which I watched YouTube and TikTok. That kept me busy until lunch. In the afternoon I started making changes to this website. Some ofContinue reading “24-30 April – The Greatest Showboat”
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17 – 23 April ‘22 – Let’s Get Moving
(Photo Description: A row of trees covered in white blossom stand alongside a dirt path in the forest.) Sunday April 17th First Easter day. Not that we’re celebrating. It’s not something personal to us. Besides, we already have more than enough chocolate in the house that I barely eat and… it’s 17c with blaring sunContinue reading “17 – 23 April ‘22 – Let’s Get Moving”
The Perfect… Patient?
(Photo Description: The nurse’s hands pop a tablet out of a blister pack into Codee’s hand.) When the nurses started coming to help me, I spent a short while not knowing how to refer to myself. Not as a person, but in relation to the nurses. Am I their patient? Though I have chronic illnesses,Continue reading “The Perfect… Patient?”
The Painful Truth
(Photo Description: Codee sitting up in a hospial bed, wearing a clear face shield. Smiling with her thumb up.) The beginning of March 2020 just before our first lockdown went into effect, I attended my first physical therapy session at the rehab center. A deep tissue massage took place. The therapist was confident that afterContinue reading “The Painful Truth”
Hearing the Colors
Written by AJ (Photo Description: Golden Labrador Guide Dog Kasha is wearing her harnass as she sits on some grass, deep in thought.) My interpretation of being DeafBlind . I liken it to the spectrum of purple. The two disabilities take turns, one being the hue and the other the shade. Sometimes I wish itContinue reading “Hearing the Colors”
Helping Hands
(Photo Description: A black and white photo of a hand making the sign for ‘I Love You’ in American Sign Language.) Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve procrastinated over doing a certain chore or task that you know you need help with, but don’t want to ask? You know… like redecorating theContinue reading “Helping Hands”
Failure or Success
(Photo Description: Golden Labradoor Toller Yuki smiles for the camera) In everyday life, what do you think about more often? Failure or success? This was a poll that my dog friend Yuki @LabradorYuki (pictured above) posted on his Twitter a few days ago. Yes, yes… I follow dogs on Twitter. You could too. He’s cuteContinue reading “Failure or Success”
First Date, Last Dance
(Photo Description: A colloge of two photos. The first shows Codee and Don, a golden labrador retreiver sitting next to each other on their first day together. The second photo shows Codee hugging Don on their last day together.) It doesn’t feel like that long ago when Don spent his first night with me, walkingContinue reading “First Date, Last Dance”
Consiquence
(Photo Description: A black and white selfie of Codee looking to the left.) I’ve read so many Twitter and Facebook posts about Covid, the lockdown and quarentine rules and how people feel about it that I’m sometimes finding it hard not to react and share my own opinions and feelings. Instead, I’ve decided I wantContinue reading “Consiquence”
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