If you’ve been following my blog long enough, you know I’m a huge advocate for mental health and how it has impacted my life since Paul’s accident in 2016. Just about everyone I know has suffered with some form of mental health issue, whether they’re aware of it or not. I grew up in aContinue reading “I’m Still Standing”
Tag Archives: Brain Injury
Stand By You
Caring for someone you love is really freakin’ hard. It’s not just the physical day to day activities that I’m talking about. It’s the emotional and mental drain that presents itself in your brain. It’s like mould in the shower. It’s just sitting there. You know it’s there. You know you have to do somethingContinue reading “Stand By You”
The Light
Okay, so I am going to be very honest here- I’ve had no will to write anything for a while now. Yes, I lost my mojo. Too many times I sat with my hands at the keyboard willing my fingers to type and…nothing. I had nothing good to say about anything or anyone. My lifeContinue reading “The Light”
BLUE MOON PART 2
So where did I leave off from last time? Ah yes! I was in a mental cesspool of sadness. My cup runneth over, my storm not yet passed, I had been driven to my knees by the stresses of life. To recap, Paul had been to hospital getting his antibiotic fix via a central lineContinue reading “BLUE MOON PART 2”
You’ve Got A Friend
Recently, one of Paul’s crew members went and had another baby. Baby no. 3 and a girl nonetheless. Of course, Paul and I having 2 girls whom are now 8 and 10 were growing up fast, it was an opportunity to go a little…well…baby clothes shopping crazy. So I mustered up a couple of theContinue reading “You’ve Got A Friend”
On The Road Again
People think I am a little strange because of the emphatic joyfulness and praise that I revel in when I find the perfect parking spot. I just don’t think we appreciate these things enough. Perhaps it is because I have a self- diagnosed mental illness I like to call “parking- anxiety.” Maybe it was alreadyContinue reading “On The Road Again”
Somebody Get Me A Doctor Part 2
I sat in the car and waited. They weren’t letting me in to be with Paul. He was in isolation the moment he was brought into Emergency. So I sat and sang along to the radio at 8 o’clock in the night, trying to calm my nerves and hit those high notes without scaring pedestriansContinue reading “Somebody Get Me A Doctor Part 2”
Law and Order
For anyone that has sat inside a courtroom during an active case, you would be familiar with the deafening silence of anticipation. Nobody speaks, everyone is waiting for the judge to finish reading the litany of information from a thick white folder. Every now and again you would hear the turning of a page. IsContinue reading “Law and Order”
Raising Resilience- Part 1
“Raising children is the easiest thing in the world.” – No one, EVER. My girls are my world but they are also the reason why an entire bottle of wine is better than just a glass. They are the reason for yet another grey hair on my head and why my blood pressure is moreContinue reading “Raising Resilience- Part 1”
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The Mark of the Motorbike
I would be lying if I said I didn’t think about what life would be like if Paul hadn’t taken his motorbike to work that day. Would I still be working in aged care? Would we have moved back to mum’s anyway? Maybe our financial troubles would have eased. I know I wouldn’t be theContinue reading “The Mark of the Motorbike”
The Care Factor 