© 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”
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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”
Resources
Everything from a list of neuro rehab services to self-help tips to help you manage your chronic illness
Diary of a disabled bride
As you’ll know, I got married last July. We had an absolutely amazing day but during the months leading up to the wedding I really struggled. There was nothing out there for brides or grooms with disabilities, nowhere to turn to – and at times it became a very lonely road (see article I wroteContinueContinue reading “Diary of a disabled bride”
It’s okay to feel lost
The words stick in my throat. I can’t find them. I don’t know how to let them escape. And yet if I don’t, they’ll drown me. Just because we don’t speak something, just because we lock it away and keep hoping, it doesn’t make the fear any less real, particularly when that fear isContinueContinue reading “It’s okay to feel lost”
Bring it on
“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – toContinueContinue reading “Bring it on”
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