by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
I wonder how often we assume that our actions are warranted and are correctly interpreted by those around us? Since acquiring my disability, the impact another’s actions has had on my everyday seems to affect me a lot more. Whether I’m more sensitive or vulnerable and...
by admin | Oct 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Many of you who who knew me would probably laugh if I told you that today I took part in the ‘Paralympics Talent Search’. Yep, me – the girl who can’t balance, catch or throw a ball and ambulates on a walking frame.However, I thought...
by admin | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
In the middle of the airport I attempt to manoeuvre my black- wheeled duffle bag to the lift – well, in the direction of the Qantas assistant’s pointed finger. As my flight is delayed by two hours, I ask her where the nearest café is and as it is...
by admin | Apr 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Half way up the hill it suddenly stopped. It just gave up. The battery lights on my scooter’s dash mat went from green to yellow to red, only confirming that it was not going anywhere. “Come on!” I said to it, turning my blue key off and on, off, on....
by admin | Feb 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
To pounce is defined as a, “spring or swoop action”. A cat pounces on a mouse, I guess as a kid I’d pounce on the person hiding when I played hide-and-seek. Perhaps I pounced on my opponent during one of the netball matches I played. However, I never thought that...
