Again, as a polio survivor, I grew up in the healthcare community. I grew up as a resident of the Junior Red Cross Hospital for Crippled Children. That's where many polio kids in the 1950's grew up. That is where we were taught to be adaptive and responsible for our own behaviour if we wanted … Continue reading What Has Happened?
Tag: mental health
Okay Let’s Talk
"The worse kind of sad is that which you can't explain to others because you are a survivor" 17 years old and leaving on my first jet to Montreal Today is the national day to discuss mental health, known best as #BellLetsTalk day. A massive corporate fundraising day and a chance to get people to … Continue reading Okay Let’s Talk
Speak Up
I truly thought my days of writing were behind me. I still continue to write for myself however I haven't been sharing it. When you have no one at home to discuss how your day went you either bottle it up or write it down. Bottling it turns it into a disease, I know I … Continue reading Speak Up
And the Children Shall Lead the Way
"You who are on the roadMust have a code that you can live byAnd so become yourselfBecause the past is just a good-bye.Teach your children well,Their father's hell did slowly go by,And feed them on your dreamsThe one they picks, the one you'll know by.Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you … Continue reading And the Children Shall Lead the Way
The Precipice of Aging
The Precipice For sixty years they had been wed, In thirteen seconds they would be dead, She is frail and oh so ill, But to live without her he has no will. Perching on the precipice high, Holding her close with a smile they will die. The love they have shared for all of these … Continue reading The Precipice of Aging
Opening Your Own Door
Friends and Self Our life has many ups and downs, We question why we’re here, But deep inside we know ourselves, Loss of friends is what we fear. Is it our expectations? Or the way that others act, That makes us really doubt ourselves, Over how our friends react. We put our faith in people, … Continue reading Opening Your Own Door
The Awakening
Alphabet of Despair Abandoned by friends, Abandoned by wife, Abandoned by children, Abandoned by life. Betrayed by his feelings, Betrayed by his drive, Betrayed by his body, Betrayed can’t survive. Captured by torture, Captured by loss, Captured by drugs, Captured by sauce. Destroyed by his blindness, Destroyed by his lust, Destroyed by his ignorance, Destroyed … Continue reading The Awakening
Introspection on Perception
Reflection or Refraction I look in the mirror and what do I see, The reflection there, that can't be me, Others see what they want me to be, From the reflection that's there I want to flee. Who can say why Anthony Bourdain took his own life when a perceived success was knocking on his … Continue reading Introspection on Perception
The Winding Road of Life
"Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years" - Ausonius With the exception of some birds twittering outside it is very quiet however it is only 5:30 in the morning and for some reason I am awake. It's grey but refreshed. It rained sometime … Continue reading The Winding Road of Life
Starting the Story Anew…
"Until you make the subconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl G. Jung The snow has just started so the earlier week stocking up proved valuable. However on the positive side, snow on Vancouver Island generally means it will warm up and I have had my fill … Continue reading Starting the Story Anew…
A Poster Child's Perspective 