Category: thoughts
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Didn’t see that coming!
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Didn’t see that coming! The long-awaited appointment to check out these awful headaches and earaches finally arrived, but I wasn’t ready for what happened next. The doctor checked my ears and shoved a camera up my nose, and you’re right, it wasn’t very pleasant. He asked a few questions and then dropped the bombshell. There…
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The Mysterious Nature of Coincidences
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We are coming across more and more coincidences in our family lately. You know the ones I mean, where you have just been discussing something, when literally minutes later, someone will mention this same thing on the programme we are watching. Sometimes, the subject matter is so unusual, you can’t help wondering if something else…
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A Happy Retreat!
I loved this image the first time I saw it, so when I was looking for something suitable this morning, I knew this was the one… I have spent the last two days in various hospital waiting rooms, waiting to learn more about my fate. During one of these appointments, the doctor showed me all…
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My Twilight Thoughts…
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As the New Year begins to settle in, I have been having trouble coming up with any resolutions, inspiration, or plans for our future. I’m sure this refusal to knuckle down and get cracking is due in the most part to the last few months of 2025. For a while, I found it very hard…
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Jessie…
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I have been suffering with one medical thing or another for most of my life. Most of the time, thanks to my strong sense of survival, I have managed to cope, stuff most of the misery into a box, and get on with the business of living. There have been a few serious lows when…
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Hope Springs Eternal…
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Ever since my world turned upside down earlier this year, I have tried hard not to dwell on wondering how long I have to wait until I return to my usual, fairly fit self. I can be a patient soul, but it has proven difficult to maintain, as I have discovered that I absolutely hate…
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Sunday Thoughts…
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I am so glad to have come to the end of a very dismal week. A week where I couldn’t quite get going, or know the reason why. A week where I have been doing a lot of thinking, trying to figure out the best way forward through the constant pain. I gave up a…
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No two days are the same…
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As a child, I could rely on the weather and the seasons. It was always warm and sunny in the Summer and cold and invariably wet in the Winter. At least, that is how I remember it. It was comforting to know where you were and what to expect, that any deviations would always keep…