My ADHD came after personal journey of self reflection precipitated by grief

navigated 7 years of only parenting I’m seeing my children grow into wonderful inspiring people

I am having a solo trip to London enjoying meeting new interesting people and actually just being me.. #adhd #grief

17th wedding anniversary’s with husband in heaven are emotional.. so parkrun with an angel number finishing time .. 33.33, a sketch of a close friends daughter at the graveyard..I kept busy doing life which he would want me to do.. normalise ups & downs & grief #art #widow #visitthegrave #parkrun

Excitement of a buckle fracture

Son fell off garden table his friend warned him against 🙈!

ED as single widowed parent is triggering as you get asked about other parent.. and have to relay he died

Nearly seven years later its still gut punching

#alwaysamissingpiece
#brokentable
#brokenwrist

Wee sketch ✍️

Creativity is so important to me.. I don’t think in straight lines.. it’s taken me a while to realise that and be ok with it.. no one actually does when born ..
We are taught to.. playing about today with no straight lines.. #art #burnout #doctorsindistress #thinkdifferently

Have had to make the change to decaf coffee due to ADHD and finding a good one is tricky.. I’ve a bean to cup machine and miss my morning brew.. but found taste the difference at Sainsbury’s this morning .. here goes..

You reap what you sow.. lovely to be able to take these from the garden to the kitchen.. a year of planting has rewarded in a small way. Hoping the summer will have more 🌺

Parkrun, cake made this morning for a friends 400th and pizza dough made for dinner later.. simple things are so restorative..

today I removed child locks from kitchen cupboards.. Stephen put them all on 14 yrs ago.. I’m removing them as my babies are past this stage.. thinking of ‘this too shall pass’ and wondering what’s to come with my 2 wonderful people he sent me as presents before he died.. #widow #mum #dadinheaven

Stop, breathe… watch the clouds form shapes, imagine what it would be like to not spin as many plates… stop spinning some.

you can breathe again.. it may take a while to stop watching the clouds though.. but that’s ok.. #reflections #spinningplates #breatheagain #rest #wellbeing
#doctorsindistress

.. my son made this for me and said.. ‘ we are doing this for Father’s Day, I won’t be able to do it as I can’t remember this stuff about dad’.. 😢
…my daughter has gone to bed & forgotten it is Mother’s Day and that she said she would cook..🙈

I feel grounded !

#widow #onlyparent #happymothersday

Happy 14th birthday to my first born.. she suggested I could make her a chip and dip bowl at ceramics.. room for a few big bags of nachos., she had 7 yrs with her dad, and this is 7 yrs with him in heaven.. i think he would be so proud of her
#chipanddip #onlyparent

1yr ago walking in Glenariff, found the most beautiful tree, clippings I took didn’t take , come summer I was determined to have a hedge of these and said when these flowers I will have the answer to a difficult situation .. I’m hoping the answer is here 🙏🏻 #burnout #doingnothingisok

Sometimes you just need pink yarn and a crochet hook.. #colour #creativity

Brighter days are here.. waking to cloudless sky… realising for first time in 7 yrs I overlooked the anniversary of the day my husband had his first tension pneumothorax…that day had been etched on my mind religiously, letting go a bit feels ok.. #cysticfibrosis #livelifetothefull

Parkrun yesterday felt amazing.. finally seeing the wood for the trees.. #burnout #gp #rebuild

Burnout is real.. adhd is real.. the mushrooms aren’t real..but they’ve reignited my creativity and ready for the kiln..