It’s 17 weeks until we get married. 17 WEEKS!!!! How did that happen?!? We’ve still got so much to organise, but recently life has been revolving around sailing and our trip to the World Championships in Holland. David finished in 7th overall (pretty amazing stuff! He thinks he should have………………………………….
I altered my profile to include information about my condition. To my amazement this didn’t seem to put people off; in fact I think that I had more interest by taking this approach. My profile didn’t focus on my disability because I didn’t want it to define me. I posted………………………………….
After 16 years of being with the same person, the idea of dating again was a little bit exciting, but also hugely scary. Obviously, I was not the same physically as I was last time I did this, but then that is also true for all the other 40/50 something………………………………….
I believe I promised you all that I would tell you a bit more about a private side of our life. I’m not sure if I can make a blog post about sex funny and interesting whilst retaining an air of dignity, but I’ll gave it a go! Back in………………………………….
Just like anyone else, we love going away: fancy hotels with glitzy restaurants, romantic evenings watching sunsets on the beach, breakfast in bed and a shower big enough to Zumba in? Yup, all that and more! But the reality is that going away for us, is considerably more complicated. At………………………………….
I’ve never been one for sitting around and grieving a loss, even when it comes to death. Although inside I am filled with emotion and sadness, I am always pragmatic and realise that sometimes there is nothing that you can do about things, so you just have to get………………………………….
You will know by now that I threw myself into this relationship with every bit of strength I had. I chose to take on David’s care and I wanted to get heavily involved with sailing and rugby. We have a fantastic life. It’s very busy, often exhausting keeping up with………………………………….
If you’re new to this blog, previous posts can be found here I keep getting asked this by random strangers: What does he do all day? Lots and lots and lots of things…but the one he probably enjoys the most is sailing. It’s something I knew nothing about before I………………………………….
A new relationship is always exciting; the excitement of discovery, the bliss of love, the newness of learning about each other; it was all that, and more! But my new relationship came with a whole world of other stuff which would have a massive impact on our lovely new-ness. Becoming………………………………….
I learned very early on that life with David was never dull. There was always something going on and I found myself in a new circle of people I met through his activities and interests. Many of them were also disabled, some with spinal injuries but I also met new………………………………….
