Blog posts in Carer for partner

The Strong Vulnerable

15th May 2012

Posted by Suzette

Vulnerability...its a double edged sword for me. I'm so strongly attracted to it when I see it in others. It's magnetic pull draws me in like a moth to the flame but the moment I see that vulnerability mirrored in myself I burn. It's hard separating the two. As always I seem to have one set of rules for myself and an opposing one for others. When faced with someone who is vulnerable I am humbled. I don't see them as being weak, rather I see their strength in allowing others to see that side of them.

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Getting tired of nothingness

02nd May 2012

Posted by CrystalBlueWolf

Well if anyone had/has bothered to read my posts and blog entrys you'll see that things have been up and down as always. Today is going to one of those days i think. Had a very serious talk with hubby last night about some general stuff and it's left me feeling very lost and lonely. I realised that although i do have 'friends' they aren't friends at the same time. If that makes sense. I have people who i've known for years and sometimes talk to but it seems like they are getting on with their lives and i'm just stuck.

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Trust and what it means to me

05th April 2012

Posted by CrystalBlueWolf

Though i would start off with a descrioption from the dictionary: Trust Noun1. Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.2. Confident expectation of something; hope.3. Confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust.4. A person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.5. The condition of one to whom something has been entrusted. Adjective12. Law . of or pertaining to trusts or a trust.

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The Strong Dependant

12th March 2012

Posted by Suzette

This past month has been a really difficult one for me as I have had to battle my own limitations and health problems. I have had a latent issue which I have been ignoring for the past few months but which finally became too painful to bear and the result of my initial consultation was less than positive: not life threatening or dangerous, just really undesirable and annoying.

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Longer AWM article

09th March 2012

Posted by CrystalBlueWolf

When i was little Autism was not a well known issue. When children we're playing up in school they were either naughty or not very bright. I unfortunately fell into the not very bright section so i was usually in classes with these children, but no one ever thought to check them for Autism or Aspergus. The main reason for this was that growing up the only real representations we had to go on were things like the film Rain-man. Where if you haven't seen it Dustin Hoffman plays an Autistic man with amazing abilities.

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Kids and Conflict

20th February 2012

Posted by Suzette

Yesterday I was sitting with a friend and we were talking about time and I decided to share my blog about time with him. My daughter looked over our shoulder and asked what we were looking at and my natural reflex was to hide the screen and tell her nothing.

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A pleasently simple day

17th February 2012

Posted by CrystalBlueWolf

Well its been a pleasant few days. Today i spent the day with Marc and Rachel (Support worker) in town. We went to shop mobility who gave Marc his usual scooter which Rachel had a laugh playing on as she didn't realise how fun they actually are, or how fast they go lol. We are also having her boss to the house on Friday to go over Marc's support plan and do some general stuff because hopefully this year we will be starting a newsletter for her company aimed at the more higher functioning people and also starting a support group for high functioning autistic and a carers group.

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Apparently 40% of us with a caring responsibility....

01st February 2012

Posted by carolm_12582

…don’t identify ourselves as carers in our first year of caring. Why might that be? I’d guess that either we don’t realise we are carers, we don’t want to be lab

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Communication....my choice?

30th January 2012

Posted by Suzette

Today I was sat with a woman who I have admired for a very long time and who I am really lucky to call a friend. She has been caring for a loved one for almost double the length of time that I have but has taken every stumbling block and created an enormous mountain of good out of it. Recently we have both been approached to write about our life experiences and any positive insight we have gained from them and for the first time she showed me her weakness: She doesn't realise how good she is.

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Introduction to CrystalBlueWolf

12th January 2012

Posted by CrystalBlueWolf

Well where to start. If you haven't already caught me in the discussion boards or chat-room my name is Jodie, but i prefer to be called CBW. I am a 23 year old girl, who is originally from Gloucestershire and i care for my 27 year old husband who has a VARIETY of different disorders which all mix together to make things difficult. I used to be a carer when i was about 16 for my mother who was dying of cancer, unfortunately in 2004 she did die, so i wasn't needed as a carer any more.

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