Thanks to Irene Waters for introducing me to Wordless Wednesday.
Advertisements
Lisa Reiter
My name is Lisa and in 2000, aged 34, I was diagnosed with terminal cancer (Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma) and given less than 6 months to live. After floundering around getting my head around cancer not being as curable as the adverts of the time were suggesting, I delved into an unknown and for me, a then uncomfortable world of 'alternative' therapies. Fifteen years on, I'm still here. As my oncologist said at one point, I'm an 'experiment of one' which means no scientist would like to draw conclusions! However, I am far from alone in getting success from looking to diet and mind-body techniques to help my body to do its own healing. It was several years before I was out of the woods and in 2008, I went 'down' with post traumatic stress disorder related to the trauma of facing death and leaving my young son, motherless. Having been through successful treatment for that, my interest in psychology was rekindled and I went on to do an MSc in Memory and Its Disorders. I was just getting going pursuing coaching psychology when the loss of three friends to cancer way, way before their time, shook me to the core once again. It reminded me that every second needs to count. After many requests and much support from friends, family, my ever tolerant husband and now, a publisher, I am finally getting my story down on paper. I aim to tell it honestly but to focus on the positive and what I have learned along the way. I'm using this blog to keep me company as well as discuss the challenges of writing about it all. I also hope to check my understanding of what others might want to hear about. If I manage to inspire just one person to feel a bit more in control of their own battle, the writing will all have been worth while.
June 7, 2014 at 5:52 am
Love this idea of “wordless Wednesdays.” Can anyone join in?
LikeLike
June 7, 2014 at 9:24 am
Yes! I think there are even hashtags for it on Twitter – And Irene also does Silent Sunday – I love the idea of it – it’ll often be chickens or cats from my snappy camera though !
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Lovely photos. I was going to say “very cool”, but Stephen King has instructed me to not use those words! If a picture tells a thousand words then this is a very long post!! I enjoyed meeting the pheasant at last. I hope he has been behaving himself!
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Thanks Norah – yes he’s been quieter in the mornings. I think once the hens are sat on nests, he’s busy watching over them instead of proclaiming his territory just beneath my bedroom window!
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Pleased to hear he has been more pleasant! 🙂
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 9:54 am
Not having the facility to comment pictorially, lovely photos but best of all the pleasant pheasant!
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 8:59 am
Great idea! but for just one day!
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 8:31 am
It’s fun doing a post without words glad you picked up on it. I love your relaxed in the garden but I’m worried that the the puddy cat got your ?wyandotte chicken. The cat looks very self satisfied and the chicken looks spread out.
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 10:07 am
Well spotted – that hen – “Barbie” was bought as a Rhode Island Red but she has some clear lacing on her feathers! I’ve had a couple of runty throw backs from that breeder before! She is honestly just sunbathing here and “Darth Vader” – the cat – never bothers them.
LikeLike
June 5, 2014 at 12:05 pm
So sad. Hope you have worked out how to keep the dogs out as they usually come back for more once they have had one. Glad Darth Vader (great name for a cat) just looked happy because it was such a relaxing Wed. It looks like you live in a nice part of the world Lisa.
LikeLike