The gift

© Rosie Farrell The couch has become my refuge. I live from hospital appointment to hospital appointment – traveling hours to access healthcare thanks to our broken system. My paint brushes taunt me but I know there’s no energy to pick them up, to push through and do the thing I love most. It’s beenContinueContinue reading “The gift”

Tread slowly

© Rosie Farrell The words won’t stick. They slide off the page as soon as they land. I’m left wondering what it is I want to say – what it is I need to say. And because I’m not sure, I stop writing and I stop trying to write. For a long time they pooledContinueContinue reading “Tread slowly”

The Art of MS – symptoms under the spotlight

Hand of Fate – my artwork for the exhibition “The paints dance across the page, running into each other in ways you hadn’t planned but looking all the more beautiful for it. It’s like an analogy for life really. No matter what way you plan, life will do its own thing but that doesn’t meanContinueContinue reading “The Art of MS – symptoms under the spotlight”

In it together?

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and this year it focuses on the leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible, and sustainable post-COVID-19 world. According to the WHO it’s likely that everyone, yes EVERYONE, will at some point experience a disability of some kind, whether permanent or temporary,ContinueContinue reading “In it together?”