In October 2013, my mother-in-law offered to take our wee family on holiday to visit Tracy's brother, his wife and our new niece in Canada. I was excited at the opportunity to go somewhere I'd never been and have an adventure. Unfortunately the word came too late and my work wouldn't allow me the last … Continue reading The places you’ll go: Canada
Let's just start this with a statement. Some people don't want children, some people can't have children, some have great difficulty conceiving, and some just pop them out. You know what all four have in common? Their family plans are none of your business. You don't get to ask, when will you start a family? … Continue reading Fertility: None of your business
I've never kept a diary, I mean I've tried, but I always find myself writing it for the reader, who'd ideally be no one, weird right? So I thought I'd try again but this time as monthly blog. I'm writing this as much for you as for myself, and with the way 2020 was, I'd … Continue reading Looking Back: January 2021
This week, a close friend of mine who runs the Casual Ableism Instagram and Facebook page received a comment on a post from another disabled person, asking if their page was satire. This was the original post: An important message I thought. I've been a follower of the page for some time. I admire how … Continue reading Double Ableism and Small Fries
You see that title? Pretty strange thing to write about and explore but let's do it. As you'll likely know, I have Becker Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive muscle wasting condition that gets worse over time. I've known about it all my life, and I live with the knowledge that one day I'll lose the ability … Continue reading Not Disabled Enough
There's no delicate way to put this, I started 2021 with a colonoscopy. It's an experience I'd never had, and hopefully won't need for a while, but it was not as terrible as I'd thought. Two weeks before Christmas, I went to the toilet, wiped, and saw red. Lots of it. Like a silly amount … Continue reading Smile for the camera
Another Facebook group inspired post? I know, I know but with things being as they are, most of my interaction with the world is digital. So I'm seeing a trend within the MD community, and others, where people are referred to as warriors. Sometimes it's an attempt at instilling a sense of self-worth, sometimes it's … Continue reading Not a Warrior
I've been working on a post for the last week or so that hasn't quite come together just yet. While I'm putting the pieces together, I thought I'd put together another music post!This time we're talking Christmas songs. Just as I did in Dystrophy Dad Volume one, I'll link to the songs on Youtube and … Continue reading Christmassy Dad
Recently I've seen a lot of this popping up on my Instagram posts. I know it's cheeky, but I can't stand to see members of our amazing community being taken advantage of. I'm not here to denounce herbal medicine, that would be ignorant of me. I have no doubt that many plants, roots and herbs … Continue reading Parasites and Panaceas
I have depression. Three words. Five syllables. Simple to say. Hard to accept. Why am I talking about this? So you can too. I'm sick of the stigma, sick of the 'man-ups', sick of people not being able to just talk about how they feel for fear of judgement. We're living in pandemic, people are … Continue reading Wellbeing at work.
