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A word came to me

Do you know how difficult it can be to find words to use and sometimes something just really clicks with you even when you’re wondering what to say?

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Is it personality?

I just literally heard someone say that it was their personality to be hard on themselves. And I started musing. “Is it? No, really. Is it?” Would that be your personality?

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Mental Health Week

Hey Everyone, I am writing to remind you that next week is Mental Health Week. Johnathan is getting involved in the school things via mental health and is going to be focusing on moving.

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Fitting clothes and autism

Now this (as any carer of someone with autism) is a trial and a half. The child has particular needs that need to be met when choosing something for them to wear.

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Compassion to OURSELVES

Oh boy! Did I REALLY mean US? I have to show compassion to myself? Oh my goodness, that’s not easy. No, I’m not saying it’s easy, I’m saying it’s something we must do.

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Compassion

I’ve been thinking of this word a lot recently. I guess it’s because of what happened to me at the hospital. I had a woman I felt I could trust., show me compassion.

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Families are all different

Families are all different. And we all come and leave the same way. Some of us with more or less money than others. That isn’t important.

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Our bodies and burnout

I am in a place where I can say I don’t THINK I have ever had burnout, but actually I’ve come pretty dang close to it.

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Our Bodies Two

I was thinking about the last post I wrote and I was thinking about the times when we think we need to push our bodies, but our bodies simply CAN’T take it, so they fight back.

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Our Bodies

I will admit that I don’t know about you, but, during COVID and now, in particular, I basically let myself go and didn’t take care of myself. Do you take care of yourself?

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Missing a toy and autism

I have dealt with many children and missing toys and there has been some level of upset depending on how attached the child is to the toy that is lost.

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OMG! It was a medical emergency!

As I wrote to you already, you knew I had been to hospital for a procedure which turned into an absolute NIGHTMARE of a time that I still have not fully recovered from.

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Hi everyone

I know I haven’t written much this week but I went into hospital to have a procedure done and was allergic to some medication I was given.

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What you are

Do you know what really pisses me off? People that tell you they know what you are or what you are feeling. Because they DON’T!

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Disappointment

Do you ever get disappointed with something? I am sure you do, because it is the same for all of us. The reason I ask is because today I was.

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Childhood Arguments

Do you remember some of the childhood arguments? For me, it was often based around food or drinks. But for others, they were about other things.

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Hospitals

As most people that are disabled, I have been in and out of hospitals most of my life. But even saying that or even knowing what they are going to do, doesn’t make the journey any easier.

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