The power of the mind
I always get butterflies whenever I upload a new blog entry or story for the rest of the world to see. I worry if I have done the best I could? Is spelling and grammar correct? Have I forgotten...
View ArticleRocking the boat
People react very different ways when you tell them you are deaf. Some believe you can’t possibly be completely deaf and start shouting, just as many fancy someone who is deaf must automatically be...
View ArticleStaying calm
You probably never thought of TypeTalk as an anger management tool?There are not many things that anger me, but insurance companies are one of them. I always get annoyed whenever I have to renew the...
View ArticleHearing people struggle too!
I have a bit of a hangover this morning, but I’m happy.I went to the pub last night; Rob wanted to take me out for a birthday drink and I just thought – ‘hell, I have to try harder really.’ On the way...
View ArticleKnow your limitations
It’s the time of year again; Alex has been asking me for the last week if we are coming for the parents evening at school. Rob is working and I - well to be honest am not looking forward to it.Last...
View ArticleThe little things in life
I'm sitting on the sofa, leg curled under me, the fire blazing reading a book by Paul Gilbert ‘The compassionate mind’ for the second time. Chapter 7 Mindful Preparation on the Road to Compassion.Chris...
View ArticleBring it on!
I have started floating! Yes, you read that right and I mean it literally. And it’s wonderful. Us deaf folks have a very stressful life trying to keep up with what is happening in the hearing...
View ArticleHad a rather nice Easter despite my bank
We hadn’t seen my stepdaughter for almost a year so we missed her at Christmas and her birthday had just past. Experience has taught us not to buy her gifts; much safer to let her choose something...
View ArticleA poem about nature and a visit to the doctor
Chris was going to make history last week. He was chosen to represent his school with his poem Nature at the first ever Literary festival in Dinefwr; rubbing shoulders with well known Welsh literary...
View ArticleThe Thai Way
I had to laugh out loud the other day.We were all at the table having dinner. A friend had joined us and there were lots of talking at laughing going on. Couldn't quite follow what they were talking...
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