Hello everyone and welcome back! Today I’ve written a poem dedicated to our daughter. Like my last poem – ‘Sizzle’ – this is a peep inside our front door into our weird and wonderful family home. This time I’m focussing on our reaction to our daughters neurodivergence and how it effects her, us and theContinue reading “Crap poem 32 – puzzles”
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Chronic hobbies – one chapter at a time
I’ve been learning a lot since I started understanding more about the reasons behind my chronic pain and lack of mobility. Despite having multiple diagnosis that included degenerative disc disease and sacroilitis, pain and fatigue that occurred in different areas, such as my joints, arms, shoulders and legs, seemed to be an anomaly, and madeContinue reading “Chronic hobbies – one chapter at a time”
Crap poem 31 – Sizzle
Hello everyone, and welcome to another terrible poem! This time I thought I’d write an ode of thanks to my partner who does an awful lot for our family. Although our existence is a bit strange (whose isn’t?), we get by. Although I don’t leave the house, I’m still an active parent. Although he stillContinue reading “Crap poem 31 – Sizzle”
Crap poem 30 – Positive Thinking
Welcome friends to another Crap Poem. I can’t believe I’ve written 30 of these things. I dread to think how many I’ve written that never even made it here. But I’ve had a bit of success with these simple rhymes, and I hope that they are starting to prove that poetry is accessible to anyoneContinue reading “Crap poem 30 – Positive Thinking”
Chronic Fallout – the impact of mental illness and disability on carers
Took me a while to write this one. Whenever we are poorly, however long our illness takes to mend (if it ever will), whatever the health problem is, the load is infinitely lightened with the support of those around us. This week a nurse said to me “We’re concerned about the amount your partner isContinue reading “Chronic Fallout – the impact of mental illness and disability on carers”
Crap poem 29 – Wounded art
Hello again everyone, and welcome to another Crap Poem! This is another poem created for the Disability Arts Online platform, but as It’s been posted there already I thought I’d share it with you too. The poem is centered around the relationship between artist and artwork, and how mental illness can connect the two. InContinue reading “Crap poem 29 – Wounded art”
Haiku Hope 19 – Apple of my eye
Hello again friends. Welcome to another edition in my series of Haikus. Today i’ve used the 5, 7, 5, format to talk about the cheek I have to put up with from our daughter. You’d think that as someone who hasn’t left home for 2 years I’d be pretty well sheltered from comments that canContinue reading “Haiku Hope 19 – Apple of my eye”
Mental health and reality tv – the damage of deep fake fu*kery
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This post mentions briefly the effects of upsetting images on a persons mental health and touches on suicide within the reality television industry. If you need support for these issues, please visit my get support or mental health and suicide prevention support line pages instead, where you’ll find information on how to getContinue reading “Mental health and reality tv – the damage of deep fake fu*kery”
Haiku Hope 18 – The Procrastinator
Hello friends and welcome to another Haiku Hope. This time I’m focussing on my inability to…well…focus. I often find myself making time to be creative but when the ideas don’t suddenly flow naturally then the smallest distraction becomes the biggest problem. I try to be creative every day. but with excellent podcasts, books and tvContinue reading “Haiku Hope 18 – The Procrastinator”
Stretching Myself
Post covid has been a nightmare for so many of us and in a variety of ways, with the severity of problems altering wildly from person to person Since I was diagnosed 6 months ago, my health nightmare has continued to unravel right up to last week, when I received a new diagnosis that I’dContinue reading “Stretching Myself”
Creative Steph 