Short and Sometimes Sweet

"Do not Dwell in the Past, Do Not Dream of the Future, Concentrate the Mind on the Present Moment" Just thought I would update my friends on what's been happening lately. Some might have noticed that I'm not online as much as I used to be. It's been a mixture of being ill, being on new meds, and being a bit fed up with the negativity I see. It's strange, sometimes no matter how hard you try to let stuff go, it gets to you. Especially when your spirit might feel a bit battered and bruised. Only thing for it is to take a step back and get your head clear. So my health hasn't been great and my fight to be heard has been long and tiring. The latest round of tests have shed a little more light on the subject. One of the things will mean surgery, but I'm putting that off for now to concentrate on the main focus. My symptoms, varied as they are, all put together have pointed to one thing. Multiple Sclerosis. I have been started on meds to control spa

The Ghost of Christmas Past "Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." Christmas is nearly upon us once again, and in this time of violence and bombing it seems as if the 'season of goodwill' is further away than ever. In the wake of the recent attacks all over the world, there will be many an empty space at the Christmas table. Indeed closer to home too there seems to be more homeless and poor people than ever, and governments are less and less likely to act on solutions, thus the problem is exacerbated year after year.  Recent media coverage of food banks etc made me think back to a long time ago, a memory that I had all but forgotten about, yet was still lurking there in the annals of my past.  When my boys were babies we lived in a basement flat. A hideous dark dank place that we did our best to keep nice. One morning we woke up to find the electrics had gone on fire. The mix of damp and dodgy had finally taken it's toll. No working