An independent life

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” header_font_size=”35px” header_letter_spacing=”3px”] Bronwen’s story – written by her mum Bev.   When my daughter Bronwen was born, I held her in my arms and wondered what her future would be. What profession would she pursue; whom would she marry and how many children would she […]

A solid home base builds a sense of self

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Scenes from a film (Part II) Janet Janet likes being prepared. Always, with a constant frown; she worries about almost everything – we have that in common! So it was quite unusual one afternoon that she had forgotten something in her room and I accompanied […]

What growing up with a mentally disabled brother has taught me

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] My brother, Tim I remember as a little girl, around the age of 6, making a wish on the first star of the night. Now most children would be wishing for that new bicycle or the latest Barbie with the convertible car and don’t […]