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Extracts

Simon was twenty three years old when he want off the rails and hastened my father's death. I am absolutely certain that his strange mental sta…

Forty

Forty observations 1.  Cerebral Palsy:  You’re with me indefinitely. This I know. Making peace with you is acceptance 2.  Writing:  You are the ve…

1979

The summer of 1979 was significant in the history of my immediate family. Things of consequence happened before my father died at the age of sixty …

Vale!

Tony Bennett 1926 -2003 Oh, the good life, full of fun seems to be the ideal Mm, the good life lets you hide all the sadness you feel You won'…

You too

To live  loved and appreciated  Is a gift I don’t know  If many can fully  Comprehend  Disability  Has given me Access To the Life lessons…

Refined

Refined by fire Molded and shaped Into a creation I can be proud of What a thought What I’ve despised Is now something I desire so much I ca…

Melonhead

In the hills of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, I often come across old stone gateposts like this one. Soon I am wondering about who hewed it and when. I…