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Apologies that there was no shiny new post awaiting your perusal this morning, or indeed last Wednesday or Friday… I have had a few very tired days, due to a sleepless night, and a measure of extra illness. Over the past few days several things have been bothering me, but there is one specific thing […]

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Why are disabled people fighting the cuts?

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Jane explains what’s at stake much better than I can. I started allowing care to be put in too lste to apply to the ILF but perhaps I would have agreed more readily had I been given a taste of the kind of independence people with ILF have had. To hsve had it, and no for it to be snatched away is Indeed cruel. Independence is expensive so no one wants to vouch for it, all they see is pound signs. Many will be reduced to the kind of kife I often have. Bored because energy or support or money is not there to di what they want to do. Please pray about ilf if you pray, and fight with us before it’s too late.

With every breath…

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Today’s daily prompt:

Who’s the most important person in your life — and how would your day-to-day existence be different without them?

I am wary of repeating what I have already written on this subject, as I have already written recently both about having no significant other (yet!) and how important my Gran is to me. Then, of course, there are the/my carers. Without them, there are some days I would see no one, and other days I would struggle to get out of bed. The other people I don’t think I have mentioned are my parents. There are other posts where I may not have mentioned them, but without them, I would not have achieved what I have. Their sacrificial, unconditional love would be the envy of many.

Were I to lose either or both I would miss them with every breath. I need them in a different way that other people need their parents. In some ways I still feel quite dependent on them, being single and disabled. This also means I do not feel as grown up as I might, with a significant birthday approaching. What I do manage, at the moment, is to live independently thus far. Time, my health and the actions of local and national government may yet change things. I don’t wish to talk to much more about my parents as I do not wish to embarrass them. However, they have done much for me and continue to do so. This includes te way both of them live out their faith and the example they are to me. As I’ve said, were I to lose either of them, I would miss them with every breath, every moment of every day.

Pat’s Petition…

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Hello everyone, just a quick post to say, if you haven’t already, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (with a cherry on top!) sign the following petition asking parliament to debate, and hopefully rethink one of the most damaging benefits changes; the abolition of Disability Living Allowance DLA.

Please sign petition http://bit.ly/vjspX6  and get #PatsPetition trending

I couldn’t begin to tell you all the extra costs I have because of my disability and medical condition and cannot do without this money, as is the same for thousands of others, who many not get the same money from the new benefit in the Spring, causing untold damage to our quality of life, with many more of us shut in.

You only have till 10 am! So so what are you waiting for??