Updates – Gemma – Journey of Self discovery

Grief Journal.

ANGER As I sit writing this I realise I am forever intrinsically broken by the very recent passing of my son. I view the world in a very different, more abject way than before. I don’t care very much at all about anything. I know that a huge part of these feelings are grief drivenContinue reading “Grief Journal.”

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That’s My Boy

I could talk about Dan from several places in his life and all of them would be filled with passion and a single minded determination to succeed. His passion for his beloved sport, Wheelchair Basketball. The pinnacle of his time in the game as a Welsh International player. His happiest time in the game whenContinue reading “That’s My Boy”

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Final Update

On the 29th March at 10.29am 1990 I gave birth to the most beautiful perfectly imperfect baby boy and I rejoiced. Yesterday at 11.45am 10th December 2022, my beautiful son passed away. His final battle with illness and then secondary cancer was just too much for his tired body. He was 32 years of age.IContinue reading “Final Update”

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Currently dealing with… Update 4

Hey people, I hope life is treating you better than you hoped for and never worse than you could have imagined. I can’t say that for my own life right now, my son is now on his 86th day in hospital. They have found the real source of the infection, it is the liver, itContinue reading “Currently dealing with… Update 4”

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Currently dealing with… Update 3

Hey Peoples, I hope life is treating you kindly, I sincerely hope that your friends are treating you kindly too. Weird thing to say right? Well, under normal circumstances, (whatever they are), I would think it was weird but after a really dreadful visit from a long time friend on Thursday just gone I amContinue reading “Currently dealing with… Update 3”

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Currently dealing with… Part 2

Hey Peoples, me again. I’m tired, cranky and in need of some kind of magical intervention in my life right now. If it can go wrong, it is doing and with alarming regularity. I have a question, why after six weeks of my son being in hospital does anyone think it might be, that IContinue reading “Currently dealing with… Part 2”

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Sleep Paralysis

It isn’t a myth, it isn’t some wandering spook come to visit me, it is NOT a supernatural event or phenomenon. It is a very real and nasty experience that is hitting me almost every night currently and it is being created by my own mind. That’s right folks, my brain is doing me overContinue reading “Sleep Paralysis”

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Some Positive News in Gem’s World

The breast cancer scare has been resolved and I have the all clear thankfully. The clinic I attended was full of women all with the same expression of terror in their eyes, all with the same fear and it was awful. I was desperate to be away from that reality and it cut into myContinue reading “Some Positive News in Gem’s World”

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There is no good News Anywhere in Gem’s World.

My life has fallen to pieces in the past few weeks. If you read my previous post you know my Mum had a stroke and has been blighted by Bell’s Palsy. Her recovery has been greatly hampered by the fact that her ear is now very infected (apparently this can be a side effect ofContinue reading “There is no good News Anywhere in Gem’s World.”

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Gem’s World, an Update

Hello my lovely peoples, I hope life is treating you kindly. This is not a happy post, nor will it be a long one. I am exhausted by recent events within my small family unit and there is no let up of the pressures on the horizon. It’s all a mess. It’s downright scary asContinue reading “Gem’s World, an Update”