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Daily prompt; my favourite clothes

Daily prompt; my favourite clothes

What are your two favorite things to wear?

Since becoming an amputee I have completely changed the way I dress. This has been twofold. Physical need and psychological rebirth! Here’s my two favourite things to wear!

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Author MelaniePosted on 30/11/202330/11/2023Categories OpinionTags daily prompt, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2138Leave a comment on Daily prompt; my favourite clothes

Out of place?

Out of place?

Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

This probably happens a million times a day. What I am learning, is how to ignore it- or at least not let it negatively affect me as much as it used to.

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Author MelaniePosted on 06/10/202306/10/2023Categories Invercargill, OpinionTags dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2080Leave a comment on Out of place?

Daily prompt: what bothers you?

Daily prompt: what bothers you?

What bothers you and why?

The best way for me to express this was through poetry.

So here we go.

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Author MelaniePosted on 19/07/202319/07/2023Categories OpinionTags dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2000, poetryLeave a comment on Daily prompt: what bothers you?

What is self-care?

What is self-care?

How do you practice self-care?

This is something I am notoriously bad at. When I came out of hospital following my amputation in 2020, my occupational therapist told me i needed to find some pastimes that were NOT exercise related!

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Author MelaniePosted on 26/06/202318/07/2023Categories OpinionTags dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1978, self careLeave a comment on What is self-care?

There goes another year – what actually happened?

There goes another year – what actually happened?

Adaptation is definitely what I have done, and continue to do on a multiple many times a day basis. Thus is the life of an amputee / disabled person.

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Author MelaniePosted on 05/04/202305/04/2023Categories My newsTags covid 19, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-18964 Comments on There goes another year – what actually happened?

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