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Paris is sometimes a good idea, even for the chronically fatigued. Especially when your waiter looks like Oscar Isaac in horn rim glasses, I mean bonJOUR. . . #pariscoffeeshop #iwillthinkofhimalways
This is me just over a week ago, heading to a day of meetings in London; wearing my red dungarees, living my best life. Swipe left ⬅️: cut to me last night, on the sofa with Tottie lying on my chest. Animals always seem to know when something’s not right, don’t they? 🐶 On Friday, I had one of the worst crashes of my life. Don’t know whether to call it #chronicfatigue or #fibromyalgia or what, but I have never before felt the fear of not being able to move or even get sentences out. I’ve been improving slowly but my symptoms change hour by hour, making it difficult for even me to take it seriously. Surely, I cajole myself, my brain must be playing tricks on me? Am I avoiding something in my life that I need to face? Do I have some locked memories too traumatic to be remembered, causing this utter chaos? But no: this is the reality of living with a #chronic, largely unexplained condition. All I know is that my body has been fighting pain (localised and now general/widespread) for so long, and now it seems it’s lost its last reserves. All I can do is try to listen to it, to rest, and to let it be, without labelling myself ‘useless’, as I’m so inclined. I want to advocate (especially this month of May which is an awareness month for so many chronic conditions). If nothing else, this is your daily reminder to be kind; you can never tell what someone’s going through. . . . #pelvicpainawarenessmonth #fibrowarriorchallenge #pelvicpain #millionsmissing
I join my tears with so many today. 🌼 I’ve been holding back on the last #escapril prompt, ‘catharsis.’ Selfishly, today’s outpouring fit the brief. Eshet chayil, woman of valour. Praying and grieving with all those who are mourning today. #becauseofRHE #prayforRHE #RachelHeldEvans #postevangelical #exvangelical #hopeinchrist
Day 28 prompt: ‘the state of it all’ AKA a #Brexit poem. Because the world definitely needs another one of those... 🖤 . . . #escapril @letsescapril #escaprilpoetry #escapril2019 #nationalpoetrymonth #poetrychallenge #instapoetry @penguinplatform #poetrymonth #politicalpoetry #originalpoems
Yesterday’s prompt: ‘when the party is over’ @letsescapril #letsescapril #letsescapril2019 #escapril #escapril2019 #escaprilpoetry
A villanelle for the end of the world. #letsescapril #escapril2019 #extinctionrebellion #stopextinction #extinctionrebellionlondon #climatechaos #climatechangepoem #originalpoetry #villanellepoem #theendoftheworldisnigh
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