SEVERE ME UNDERSTANDING AND REMEMBRANCE DAY Aug 8th We were asked by ME Group Australia to write an article on finding Hope in this place of endless, severe suffering: You Are Precious And Your Presence Matters, a Reflection on Hope. Greg and Linda Crowhurst When you are diagnosed with Severe/Very Severe ME, hope is an ephemeral, delicate thing. If you hope to be immediately better, or return to your previous life, those hopes will, most likely, be dashed, if the diagnosis is correct. When I was asked to write this article for ME Group Australia, I asked Linda, my wife, what hope means to her. She commented : “Hope for me cannot be about anything specific, unless that specific thing is actually achievable, or potentially achievable or possibly achievable at some point in time, even if it feels unlikely . For me hope comes in small things, not big things. Hope of a better moment, hope to not be irritated, hope to not be distressed, hope not to be tormented in every single mome...
Hi, just wondering if you can buy your book on amazon.
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda, I am afraid not yet, but soon. Meantime the paperback is available from Lulu, details on Stonebird at www.stonebird.co.uk/book/spirit.html
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Thanks for getting back to me fast. Just down loaded your e book and left a comment. Will buy book soon as its nice to have the 'real' thing. Great book by the way!
ReplyDeleteDear Amanda, bless you !! That was a wonderful , affirming comment that you left - it has lifted us up and made our day. Thank you so much.
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