When I started out trying to find my way as a disabled person, back in 2020, the first challenge I had to overcome was self image. Looking at a photo of myself with one leg missing took a lot of getting used to.
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Soho time: from Image to words

Closing my eyes, I listened. The birdsong from the trees flanking the park at the end of the street. the humdrum for distant traffic, rush hour was long gone, dusk settling making the view seem slightly Smokey and out of focus.
I sat gazing out of the open windows upon the city below. From my elevation I could see the twinkling lights and rooftops of the city below. A light spring breeze cooling me from the open windows.
Attic was my escape, my piece of paradise where I knew no one would bother me. I had longed for this solace over the last few days. So much had changed yet so much still stayed the same.
Staring at my open journal page, I realised words were not working for me this evening.
Alex had picked up the last of his stuff earlier in the day while I was still at work, I remembered I needed to change the locks.
We had been together two years, which felt like for ever yet no time at all. It was the texts to her that did it. I couldnโt believe it.
My mind felt numb, I had no words, I felt broken. The man I trusted in the whole world had betrayed me. Right under my noseโฆ..
Iโm simply using the image above which is of a model I recently made/ customised. Iโm not really a writer. But having said that, I write a blog, so what exactly IS a writer – if not someone who writes? Maybe I should say Iโm not a published author. Yes thatโs more accurate. So I just wrote. Imagined who might be sitting in that room gazing out of that window. The start of a fictional story.
I didnโt give it much more thought than that.
Should I carry on the story?
One small statement: a world of opportunity
What relationships have a positive impact on you?
The person I am immediately thinking of is my husband, but the reasons are not the obvious ones.
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What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why?
Straight away you may think that choosing to have my leg amputated would be the most difficult decision of my life, but no. Choosing amputation was one of the easiest decisions I have ever made. It was, quite simply, a no brainer.
Continue reading “Daily prompt: tough decisions.”4 year ampuversary
Yesterday marked 4 years since my life physically changed for ever. The date will be imprinted on my brain for life. For positive and negative reasons.
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