Caring

Posted on May 30, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Caring, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1954, Family, Friends, kindness, Memories, Prompt, superior, Support3 Comments

What quality do you value most in a friend?

What would I have done without the caring nature of my friends? Each time I have been down there have been caring words that have helped to bring me back up.

No one turned against me, no one ignored me. They were all there in one way or another. Life can throw bad things at you and your family and friends, so we all need to care for each other. And why not? No one should think they are superior to others. What would life be like if people didn’t care for one another? I don’t want to find out! Support and kindness are two other great qualities to value.

Enough

Posted on May 25, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Caring, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1949, Fairness, Friendship, Life, Sharing, Support, ThinkingLeave a comment

What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable?

Having it all? Enough to live, enough to share, enough to give…..

Freedom to learn, freedom to understand, freedom to care for others as well as yourself. Friendship….

Time to think, time to follow a dream, time to allow life to happen.

Having it all does not mean being selfish, or prejudiced. Misogenistic or Misanthropic, and I think it also means keeping idealism alive.

People who have it all should support the world and nature as much as they can with the means they have. Fairness above all is important, and a wish to care.

Ukelele band

Posted on May 8, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged company, Friendship, loneliness, Music, penkhull Ukelele Band, Support, Time, UkeleleLeave a comment

Not a good photo as I was shaking too much, but I really enjoyed the music of Penkhull Ukelele Band that was on at the Beehive in Honeywall, Stoke-on-Trent tonight. My friend gave me a lift there and I met some lovely people. I was trying hard to think of things to talk about, and in the end I hardly stopped chatting. It’s been a long time since I’ve met new people and I kept trying to persuade them to join local choirs!

Loneliness is a strange thing, you can try hard to communicate with people, but sometimes it and anxiety make you hang back. If I’d been asked to go on my own I know I would not have gone out the house because I would have worried about how I looked, or what I would say. As it was having a friend for support gave me the confidence to try something new. I’m glad I went.

Hospital

Posted on February 6, 2024 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged biopsy, Black and white cat, Cat, Health, Help, Life, NHS, Rest, results, Support, Tuxedo cat9 Comments

Long afternoon at the hospital, had to have scans and a biopsy. Now I’ve got to wait a couple of weeks for the result. Got home and look who is keeping me company? Sitting next to me like a sentinel.

I don’t know what the outcome will be, but I have three cats that need me. I intend to recover from whatever I’ve got. I’m grumpy and stubborn enough to look after myself. And I have my little friends for company.

I also have a brilliant lot of friends who have helped and supported me. I would have struggled without them. I’m thankful everyday for their help. Feeling a bit overwhelmed. X

Positivity

Posted on January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged bloganuary, bloganuary-2024-17, dailyprompt, Death, Friendship, Life, Positive, Sadness, Support, thanks6 Comments

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

I have felt nothing but positive support since my hubby died. I just want to say how much I love everyone who has helped me. I want to thank them all for that support that has been and still is getting me through things.

There is so much they have done, checking up on me,making me realise I’m not alone. I have been there when I was ill, given me time when I was sad and miserable. Things will never be the same, but I realise how much my friends mean to me and meant to my hubby.

Thank you all.

Companions

Posted on December 23, 2023December 23, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, companion animal, Friends, Life, Pet, Photo, Support, Tuxedo cat4 Comments

One of my cats. It’s good to have something as a companion when you find yourself on your own. The fact you have something to look after holds you together. You can’t easily give in to sadness when creatures rely on you. Life has a way of kicking your ankles and letting you know you still have responsibilities. Thankfully it’s also good to have friends to help out. They know who they are and how much support they have given me (buying catfood and shopping while I’ve had covid).

It’s going to be a long journey, but having my companion animals will help.

Crutches

Posted on August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged arm, crutches, elbow, Life, Poem, Poetry, random poem, Rest, steady, Support, Time, Walking, wristLeave a comment

Oh how useful you can be

Support my weight

and carry me

Lend a steadyness

oh sturdy stick

Attached at Elbow

and also wrist.

I almost fell,

I almost slipped!

You held me up

When I slipped.

A real godsend

You’ve kept me free,

I’m not quite stuck

With your help you see

Mom’s wedding ring

Posted on May 25, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, bequest, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1947, Jewellery, Life, Memories, Mom, precious, Support, Time, wedding ring2 Comments

What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

My wedding ring holds mom’s in place. Her hands must have been bigger than mine, hers would fall off without it. My ring is cheap, soft gold. I bought it myself for £27 from a jewellery store when we were getting married. Mom’s wedding ring is heavier and I’m sure higher quality. It’s slowly wearing mine away as they have rubbed against each other for about ten years. It was her bequest to me when she died, and every time I look at it I am reminded of the strong supportive woman she was. She allowed me to go to college when she could have insisted that I found a job. She helped me with my spelling when I was younger (I was in a low stream at school because I couldn’t see properly). They tested my eyes and I got glasses, mom helped me catch up by helping me with spelling. 100 words at a time! I got put up into the top stream at school. Mom encouraged my artistic endeavours. She would even show people my drawings.

She raised me and my siblings after our father died and went out and did two jobs to support us. She learnt to drive so she could transport us to places. She even took us out to Chinese meals and taught us how to use chopsticks. So many good and odd memories! She raised us to be polite and thoughtful. I am forever in her debt.

Reach out to WordPress?

Posted on March 2, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Apps, Confused, Cost, cost of living, extra expenses, Jetpack, Memory, Money, Support, Time, WordPress4 Comments

I keep trying to submit a question about Jetpack to WordPress but the support submission form won’t open. I filled in a question on another page but at the bottom it said this comment box is not for questions and to use the support form. So I tried and it still won’t open. I feel like I’m going round in circles and that people like me are too unimportant to WordPress.

This is what I wrote:

I don’t have enough memory on my android phone to add another app. I’ve asked what to do and someone suggested deleting other apps but I use them daily. Or I get messages that deleting them will affect the performance of my phone. I cannot afford a new phone (I can’t afford to pay for fuel, how can I pay for a phone?) This is stressing me out and I only have five days to try and work out what to do. I feel this is for the convenience of WordPress and Jetpack and not their customers. I’ve been told to ‘reach out’ but don’t have a solution. I will have to spend my pension money on a new memory card if I want to keep using WordPress on my old android phone, I feel so frustrated about this.

Finding the good

Posted on December 1, 2022 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Emotions, Grateful, Learning, Life, Light, Love, Negative, Positive, Support, Traffic, WhistleLeave a comment

…. In the bad

Gratitude is something I’m trying to find every day. Three little things that I can write even if it’s been a bad day? Things like being stuck in traffic but someone let me out at a junction. I went to an art meeting today and people appreciated what I was saying, and I’ve trained my cat to jump up on my knee when I whistle him so he can have a love. That’s the little light in the dark tunnel. A spark that makes me feel a bit better. I’ll take that. X

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Support