Living It

In recent months  there has been a lot of news coverage with regard the rising number of people that seem to be seeking a disability diagnosis and very often the news coverage infers that people seeking this are " At it", "Lazy" "Fake" or "Scroungers". I have been epileptic since the age of 8 that I have known about. I say that as when I recently asked for some medical records, my record says much earlier. When I got diagnosed, I was "banned" from cycling and swimming. I can get the cycling ban but I don't get swimming. The logic behind swimming was that I might drown if I took a seizure in water. However, if can't to swim - your risk of drowning if you get into trouble in the water - is well higher than someone who knows how to swim.  I was also not allowed to do cycle proficiency in the safety of a playground, to learn safety. So I never got that logic - but that is how disability was viewed back then. The mindset back then wa...

 Hello to 2026. A new year with new opportunities - we can leave the last one behind. Take a moment though to think what parts of the year that has past do you want to to hold onto in a positive way? Who are the people you want to nurture? I have spent hours in those years being with people. Who are the people that matter? Who brings warmth to your heart when you think of them? Where were the smiles? Where were the tender moments? If there were raw moments, do they need tended to? In this coming year I will have been a Christian for 40 years.... Where has the time gone? If I said that becoming a Christian made my life joy and delight - I would be lying through my teeth. Last year was a dark one for me. I have been raw and impassioned. I have been someone that most would say " if that is a Christian....!" I can even hear the words "call yourself a Christian!" a phrase often expelled from my mother's voice  in an argument. I have spent most if not all of these nea...