The person inside the person with MS in the wheelchair
I have a clear memory of my first time in the deep end of a pool. It was during a primary school swimming lesson in a pool in Luton. I must have been around seven years old. A brand new sensation of weightlessness and excitement. I felt brave and grown up and that’s where my … Continue reading A Life in Lengths
Mid April 2023, I was scrolling through social media, and spotted a post from my local Facebook community group. A journalist was looking for women in their 50s for an article she was writing, about how they had found ways of making friends. I immediately thought of the friendships and connections I have made in … Continue reading World Childless Week in Woman and Home.
I used to love researching and booking holidays. Once, I found a hotel in Ibiza, half-board for two weeks for £150. I called the company and the woman I spoke to said a zero had obviously been missed off and to book it right now, so I did! It was a great hotel with a … Continue reading The Caribbean. (Behind The Scenes Remix).
I have always dreamt of going to the Caribbean. In fact, I have literal dreams of being on a Caribbean beach. Once, I didn’t get, then got, then couldn’t take a teaching job in the Cayman Islands, but that’s another story… October 2022 I turned 50. I had had a strange few months and things … Continue reading The Caribbean. (Dream Come True Mix).
In July 2019 I was living in the nursing home but the sale of my flat was going through and my pension lump sum been paid to me so I had to spend some money before the council got their hands on it all. I decided they couldn’t punish me for booking a holiday. After … Continue reading Sicily
https://ninaisinhere.home.blog/2022/04/10/my-heart-is-at-home-in-tokyo-part-one/https://ninaisinhere.home.blog/2022/04/11/my-heart-is-at-home-in-tokyo-part-two/ https://ninaisinhere.home.blog/2022/04/15/my-heart-is-at-home-in-tokyo-part-three/ After returning from Tokyo in 2015 my life progressed, my career progressed and my MS progressed. X leaving me was the best thing that could have happened and I wish I had realised that many years earlier. I had fun internet dating but didn’t meet a new partner. My family was rocked by … Continue reading My heart is at home in: Tokyo. Part four.
https://ninaisinhere.home.blog/2022/04/11/my-heart-is-at-home-in-tokyo-part-two/ Beginnings and endings were a big part of my life in those few weeks. The fact that the cherry blossom bloomed on the day I arrived and was falling off the trees when I left certainly feels significant on reflection. It was a time of change when I went to Japan. The day before … Continue reading My heart is at home in: Tokyo. Part three
https://ninaisinhere.home.blog/2022/04/10/my-heart-is-at-home-in-tokyo-part-one/ The last night in Tokyo X had a DJ gig. Beforehand we had been out for an amusingly bizarre meal, taken a final selfie together and for me the trip was over on a high. The DJ bar was not accessible so I stayed at the hotel and he would be back by midnight, … Continue reading My heart is at home in: Tokyo. Part two.
As I start writing, it is April 10, 2022. Seven years ago today I was travelling home from my first trip to Japan.The previous 12 hours had been some of the worst of my life, preceded by probably the best two weeks of my life. I’m not sure where my fascination with Japan began. I … Continue reading My heart is at home in: Tokyo. Part one.
Love and Rage is how Extinction Rebellion sign off some messages and meetings and I think it’s perfect. But there is more to it than that and it goes beyond Extinction Rebellion in my life. Love, rage, grief, connection, education, action. One leads to another, leads to another and so on. My journey with XR … Continue reading Love and Rage
Chaos in Slow Motion - Nina’s Life - More Than Meets the Eye 