I created the blog initially to share with people the realities of living with multiple chronic illnesses and disabilities however I now want to blog about many different things as my health isn’t the sum total of who I am and I want to write about all the different things that interest me and make up who I am.
My friend Ruth has this quote; “your life is like a piece of cake and you have ten portions, but only one portion is your health”. My blog is mainly writing about disability related topics but I try to write about all ten portions of my life.
Some of the various things I blog about include:
- Living with a disability and/or chronic illness - especially for me this includes living with M.E. aka an energy limiting illness and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Disability lifestyle
- Lifestyle and wellbeing
- Product reviews
- Book and poetry reviews
- Anything craft related including craft tutorials
- Beauty and fashion posts
- Collaborations and guest blog posts
- And lots more
Writing about chronic illness and disability and why
In terms of my living with a disability/chronic illness posts and my disability/chronic illness lifestyle posts my aim is to make people feel like they’re not alone in living with a chronic illness or disability. I also want readers to know that it’s okay to say ‘I’m chronically ill’ or ‘I’m disabled’ as I know it’s a journey to get to a point to own those titles. Finally I want my posts to be a source of helpful information and a resource for others including those newly diagnosed with a chronic illness or disability, especially when the information and resource is coming from someone with personal lived experience themselves.
