Gratitude

I LOVE THE UK and
HER PEOPLE ARE AMAZING
🌈💜🙏🏻 GRATITUDE 🙏🏻💜🌈

I am finding that one of the many gifts that comes from adapting to the challenges brought by illness and injury are new experiences and the learning that arises from them.

Immense gratitude is one of the overwhelmingly huge gifts I am experiencing right now for the incredible, wonderful infrastructure of support in this country.

Between the NHS, The local council, occupational therapy people, the local physiotherapist, Carers support and the Red Cross I have been caught as I fall. This has come as a great and wonderful surprise to me, having seen many loved ones let down by the system and falling through the cracks to suffer immeasurably.

This only deepens my appreciation and gratitude for the way I am being supported. When our society was rebuilt after the Second World War and the social services and the NHS were created to take care of us, they were a treasure beyond our ability to measure, and are still one of the jewels of our country. As such we should all be up in arms to protect our NHS from the Tories.

But that’s not what I’m sharing here. I just wish to remind anyone who needs to hear it, that, despite the news media consistently spreading fear based and fear arousing messages about people and society (which is why I don’t listen any more) our society is actually made up of mainly wonderful, caring, loving people. And we all need each other so much. Especially now in these challenging times.

I have been lent, for as long as I need them, by our wonderful KINDNESS BASED SOCIETY

1. A wheelchair from the amazing Red Cross
2. Crutches from the physiotherapist at the GP surgery
3. A Zimmer frame, perch stools, shower chair, shower stool, height adjusted toilet seat delivered to my home by the local council Occupational Therapy team.
4. I have been shown what furniture I am allowed and not allowed to sit and sleep on after my surgery.
5. I have warm, loving, friendly people on the end of the phone to help, advise and chat, as well as to simply listen and be heard, so I don’t feel alone in this situation (which is complex).
6. I have follow up care in my local community once I get back from hospital.

Honestly, I had no idea these sort of support services were available and if my friend hadn’t told me I probably wouldn’t have. So I have been able to get everything in place ready for my op.

On top of this friends and family are rallying round and supporting both Si and I. Which I find deeply moving and comforting.

What an incredibly caring country we are.

If you didn’t know about any of this, like I didn’t, isn’t it AMAZING AND WONDERFUL?

Thank you universe. 🙏🏻💜🙏🏻 I am SO GRATEFUL.