This local avenue of trees illustrates symmetry, a form of balance. I am still on my search of not exhausting myself whilst enjoying my day, with allowances for the unexpected. Yesterday, my inhaler ran out and I did not have a replacement in the house. So some lapse of management on my part. I phonedContinue reading “Finding the balance…”
Monthly Archives: May 2019
A happy morning, after anxiety…
Having needed to be nebulised yesterday, I did not get a lot of sleep as I was so wired. Strung out as those who use drugs for recreational purposes might say. Sam came, she is helping me finish the reducing, recycling and repurposing that I started with such gusto in January. I really impressed myself.Continue reading “A happy morning, after anxiety…”
Still asking for responses to managing difficulties…
When I encounter someone with a problem they find hard to manage, I ask how they can break it into ‘bitesize’ pieces. One lady found it hard to do her vacuuming, so eventually she decided to vacuum one room at a time. With my breathing problems, I need to sit often and stay calm. IContinue reading “Still asking for responses to managing difficulties…”
Surprised at how well I did today
Today I awoke expecting a mattress to be delivered and my friend Ruth was going to take off my bedlinen and put it back on the new mattress. That happened, according to our plan. But thrown into the mix was a phone call that a French drain was being put in today, the 13th andContinue reading “Surprised at how well I did today”
My poem is up
Ariel Chart A Monthly Journal May 11, 2019 He Built a House He Built A House He built for her a house of paper,between low and high tide,in the line between the sea and the sand.She took their dead child, carried a spade,dug into the warm earth his grave,she mourned their child alone Chrissie MorrisContinue reading “My poem is up”
The relief is always brief…coping
Yesterday was such a pleasant day and I enjoyed it so much. A day shared with loved ones is always a great day, I think. Especially when you are sharing a common goal, like my garden. Today I am towards struggling with my breathing again. I realised last night that the antibiotics prescribed this timeContinue reading “The relief is always brief…coping”
Sunburnt but coping.
Yesterday afternoon I went to post an important letter and my lungs felt like lead. They haven’t felt like that since I had pneumonia a long time ago. But I felt alert and interested in life, whereas with pneumonia one is listless and passive. I got home and phoned my medical practice. They had theContinue reading “Sunburnt but coping.”
Some Apprehension
Photo Credit: Unknown Last night I took my last antibiotic and in about an hour I will take the last of the steroids I have been prescribed. I don’t feel as well as I feel I should. So I have apprehension about the weekend, knowing my only source of medical help will be paramedics andContinue reading “Some Apprehension”
Not well on this journey
Photo credit: unknown A few moments ago I was thinking about God and prayer. I was thinking about all the wonderful friends I have who pray for me. Friends I’ve known a long, long time. And I thought how God can be thought of as breath in that we do not see him and yetContinue reading “Not well on this journey”
More Paramedics
OK, I don’t know how to put a photo here. When I have, it’s been due to accidental success rather than know how. Last night I had to call for paramedics to come and clear my lungs with a nebuliser. They scared me for a moment when they asked what I was usually given forContinue reading “More Paramedics”
