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My Mental Trampoline
A Blog I Follow: My Mental Trampoline
The Moments That Count
Written September 10, 2010 Last night I went to my grandmother’s bedside, it was late, the room was dimly lit. She lay in her hospital bed, lost amid a jumble of pillows and blankets. She is presently at home in palliative care making her way from this world to the next. She is dying. It […]
The Art of Weird
I come from a generation in which if you were weird you had to make a choice, hide it and blend in, or be out there and don’t look for acceptance. Be strong enough to own your weird, earn your acceptance through sheer force of will. They used to say “don’t dress weird unless you […]
A Trip to the Hospital – What to Pack
When you have finally made the hard decision to go into hospital you may be overwhelmed by your circumstances, emotions, and the tasks you are expected to complete. The best way to cut down on the number of concerns and tasks at hand is to be prepared. If you have a comprehensive list of items […]
How Do I Get To A “Safe” Place?
Getting to an immediate “safe” place may be as easy as dragging yourself step by step out of the room that you are experiencing your crisis in and into a safer place in your home. Make sure you avoid high risk areas like the kitchen, for instance. There are too many things you can harm […]
Trip to the Hospital – Admitting Yourself To Hospital
Now That You Have Realized You Need Help And Have Decided To Admit Yourself into Hospital It is imperative that you make this critical decision before you carry through with any plans to harm yourself or others. Try not to let your crisis get out of hand. It is very important when you are experiencing […]
Not a Stepford Parent
Another Blog I Follow: Not A Stepford Parent
Celebrating Father’s Day Alone
Today is a very painful day for my partner. He has lost his child because she decided that she did not want to be with us. This was a very painful blow to him and he has lost his way as a parent. I am doing my best to give comfort and help him work […]
Why I am writing this blog.
I am writing this blog because I find writing about the journey I am taking in life helps me to make sense of the feelings, thoughts, and the denouement of a situation. When I was studying psychology many years back I discovered that when we write out our inner turmoil it often helps to create […]
Category Archives: Autoimmune disease
June 25, 2021
We splurged the other day and bought two baskets to put into the urns in front of our garage. In 1888, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche first stated, “Out of life’s school of war—what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger.” This … Continue reading
June 15, 2021
My husband and I are getting our second Moderna vaccination on June 17th. It will be such a relief to finally get the vaccinations out of the way and hopefully, after a two-week waiting period, we will be able to … Continue reading
May 21, 2021
Good morning. I have been up since 3:45 AM and no matter what I do, sleep evades me. Thankfully I do not have any pressing obligations or appointments today so can have an afternoon nap. Before I continue further I … Continue reading
April 10, 2021
It is 6:39 AM and I just spent another sleepless night. Once I read the forecast for southeastern Manitoba the sleepless night made more sense. At 4:27 AM CDT Saturday 10 April 2021 a special weather statement was issued for … Continue reading
April 9, 2021
Good afternoon to my family and friends. Sitting at my desk in the den I am watching the rain clouds pass by without shedding a drop. The sun is trying to peak through the clouds but hopefully rain will win … Continue reading
March 26, 2021
It is almost the end of March. Our temperatures are still fluctuating too much which plays havoc with my old bones. All our snow was gone but it snowed overnight. We need several days of constant rain. The farmers are … Continue reading
February 21,2021
Don’t give up – remember Moses was once a basket case, too This has been an incredibly rough couple of weeks. My blood pressure has decided to go as high as 149/90 to as low as 60/40. When it is … Continue reading
February 9, 2021
Greetings from a very cold Manitoba. To begin my post today I will give you some idea about the weather conditions we have been facing since late last week. Friday, February 5th weather announcement included an extreme cold warning. It … Continue reading
January 6, 2021
Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia – Merry Christmas Christ is born. Wishing all my readers a Very Happy New Year. Today is Ukrainian Christmas Eve. Orthodox Christmas Eve is Jan. 6, with Christmas Day following on Jan. 7. The difference in date is down to the Orthodox Church … Continue reading
December 27, 2020
Christmas was different this year but we made the best of the restrictions. We had a great video chat with our grandson Benjamin and his partner Danika on Christmas Eve. They opened their gift during this chat and it was … Continue reading
