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What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I have lots of hobbies. I play ten pin bowling, I play a blind sport called showdown, I like crafting, climbing and researching my special interests and I love writing this blog  But when I’m depressed I lose sight of all my hobbies. This weekend I saw…
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Disabled people are ALWAYS an afterthought.If you don’t agree, then you’re wrong. We are, I promise you. There was a recent conversation in an online forum for blind people. This group has got a number of sighted people too. Usually it is a friendly and welcoming space. The group, of course have a number of…
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Three weeks ago, I took Willow to the vets. She was due her annual vaccines, so, on a sunny afternoon, we took the short walk over and waited to be seen. When we were called in, as usual, Willow was a very good girl. But very nervous. Before the vet gave her the vaccines she…
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It’s week two of training, with teeny tiny. Things, honestly, couldn’t be going better. I’ve walked 20 miles, so far. We’ve been getting established with local routes, and going over all the necessary skills I’ll need to keep teeny tiny happy and healthy. I’ve had some lovely feedback, from my guide dog instructor as well…
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I have been so busy, I feel like I have let things lapse a little with my blog. Although its actually only been a week since I last uploaded! I am quite hard on myself and need to remind myself that actually I do this blog for fun and there is nothing saying that I…
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All my hospitals are in London, and to be honest I’ve never actually taken advantage of being in the city. Usually just going to and from hospitals without doing anything else. But this time we had booked tickets to an exhibition. I had seen it advertised on Tik Tok and to be honest, would probably…
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What are your favorite sports to watch and play? I have never used one of the writing prompts, but this week while I have lots going on and need time to process some things, it felt like a good, light-hearted way to still keep up with my writing. So, sport. My relationship with sport hasn’t…
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It is a week ago today that I called off the match with little pup. I feel confident within myself that it was the right decision, but it is still a painfully hard one. I had to think with my heart and not with my head. I feel as though I am grieving a future…
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I have some bad news, little pup and myself have had to call off the match. Its come as such a blow, I really had hoped that this was the sign of better times, it had lifted me so much. The process of getting a new guide dog is lengthy, and very in depth, rightfully…
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I love a good pun although I can’t take credit for that one! So, day three of training with my new Guide Dog… and there has been a slight change of plan. The usual hotel training environment didn’t suit the little pup in training, also I was nervous being away from home for such an…
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