Our Great Achievements Humanity has achieved great heights of physical and mental development, not to mention political, economic, scientific and others. We have gathered enough knowledge to make sense of and respond to any eventuality and may probably even be … Read More
I waste a lot of time worrying about my children. Are they happy, are they hungry, are they thirsty, do they need more discipline, am I being too hard on them, am I being too soft on them, do they … Read More
“Mummy,” said my 6-year-old daughter, “Do you want to go and work in the chip shop again?” So began a conversation with my daughters about where I used to work. The local chip shop was a part-time job while I … Read More
Today, I remembered it as if it were yesterday. I was in my father’s apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I sat on the bed in one room, in massive pain from the night before when I had pulled my arm … Read More
I joined the social network for A Chronic Voice because I needed to find people who understand what life is like with chronic pain. Today I have written a post using the February link-up prompts, to show my experience of … Read More
Life has a real funny way to teach us lessons, they come in the most various and unpredictable ways and most of the time it takes me a while to realise what they are. When I do though, I always … Read More
I raced back from running round and round the track to my Spanish lesson; arriving glowing and un-showered… The joys of Skype that allow for us to be together with another in a way I wouldn’t be if I were … Read More
You might have seen in my recent blog posts that life has been very challenging recently. My mood has been low, I feel under pressure with the millions of tiny but important jobs that I am responsible for, and there … Read More
No more alerts, banners, newsfeeds, apps…No more automatic updates…Not on TV, my phone, the radio. Nothing. I’ve also deleted my Twitter account and eliminated Facebook scrolling. But we’re in the information age, you say. We can know anything in an … Read More
I wanted to write something inspirational and motivational today. This is our first day back at school after the Christmas holidays, and for many people it is also the first day back at work. I know a few people who … Read More
