Are you superstitious? Once I was very. Once I wouldn't step on a crack or cross a black cat or walk under a ladder. Once I would have worn lucky socks and shirt and shoes. But it wasn't superstition. Can't remember why I had a dislike of black cats as a kid. I think it… Continue reading Black Cats and Lucky Socks
Author: Kate
Bear, Wolf, Cat, Eagle
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? Randomly, back in eighties the school I was at invited a group from the a certain faith in to talk to us and potentially recruit us. My year sat around the room and each of us introduced ourselves. I must have been fourteen, and was pretty… Continue reading Bear, Wolf, Cat, Eagle
Dear older me,
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Congratulations on making a hundred, because I had money on me going way before that. How is life and what is it like? Are we still in our beautiful house? Did you find that hundred pound you stashed in a book in 2008? I'm guessing not. The likelihood… Continue reading Dear older me,
Resilience and that drip
What is the last thing you learned? You never stop learning. The main thing I have learnt lately is just how resilient R and I are. We have learnt patience, and how to smile and laugh, despite the fact that everything is going wrong around you. So we went to bed a bit late last… Continue reading Resilience and that drip
You look a little pale
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. How are you? How's you pain level? How are you feeling? These are the questions I dread from those I don't know because my autistic brain wants to answer them properly. I have only just recently learnt that you are meant to say that you… Continue reading You look a little pale
Hay and Pain
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Many times I have found myself almost a passive character in my own story; watching as I have been steered by circumstance or others into a path that I never considered. One of these occurred after my first degree. The job centre… Continue reading Hay and Pain
First Words
You're writing your autobiography. What's your opening sentence? My first words are tricky. You see I think I did - Mum and Dad and want and give - , but then I hit a problem. I stopped speaking. I probably came very close to being non-verbal. My parents checked my hearing and such and there… Continue reading First Words
THE THREE
What are three objects you couldn't live without? A pen. A pencil. A sketchbook. With those I can create and work. With those I can disappear into another world. With those I can stim. With those I can live. I can smile. I can cry. I can laugh. I can write. I can draw. A… Continue reading THE THREE
Diagnosis
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? I lived the first 38 years of my life thinking I was mad and lazy and wrong and just not meant to be. I worked differently. I didn't see the world the same. I couldn't hold down a real job, I couldn't hold a boyfriend that… Continue reading Diagnosis
Job…
Do you enjoy your job? In what sense? I think asking if you enjoy your job is sectioning off part of your life that maybe you don't need to. Is my job as a cook, cleaner, housekeeper, stock taker, meal planner, present buyer, clothes buyer, fish carer, gardener, writer, artist or support, both mentally and… Continue reading Job…