What’s a moment you wish you could freeze and live in forever?

Taking my mum back to Wiltshire for the last time. When we left her, she was in the best health, considering all her health issues and disabilities.

She was so much better in Our town then she was when she was home in Wiltshire.

When she moved away, thats when she started to get sick.

But the last moment I wish I could freeze with her is when we were all together as a family laughing and joking. Gossiping.

While I can’t freeze it in reality I can savour the memory forever .

What gives you direction in life?

I have to say Family,

Stability,

Dependability,

Mediator.

Being someone to rely on in a crisis.

To find laughter on tough days.

Advocating and teaching to advocate for themselves.

To always teach no matter what give it a chance. If it goes wrong,  take a break  and try again.

You can’t  always take away someone’s pain but you can ride through it with them.

That’s it for tonight

Much love Faye

You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

Car less crowded,  I can stop when I want , I love to take in the views as I drive.

Music in the background, no scedual or set times, just the road.

Many times, I have made the cross-country trip to visit mum at home or hospital. Visit my sons.

The destination is always family.

There is something peaceful about that.

Talking on the phone or messaging is never the same as seeing people in person.

Night Night much love Faye ❤️

What activities do you lose yourself in?

I can get quite hyper fixated on projects,

Crafty ones,birthdays,photography, food.

It’s normally around my children or family and Hayley.

When my kids were little, it was their bedrooms school dress up day,

It’s about making someone feel special and important, focusing on their love of things.

I enjoy seeing their faces light up.

I guess you could say it’s a mood booster to do things for others.

It doesn’t matter what is going on in your life problems or struggles having something to focus on takes your mind off negative thinking, an activity can sometimes get you out of that loop.

But of course, though, there is sometimes a downside to that when the project is finished, the excitement has died down your looking for the next project so you can always feel that feeling.

We are quite a routine kinda family , some may even say as an autistic family repetitive and restrictive, (but within that bracketed and terminology ) and empathic want to help others and feel others we have learnt to add some spontinaity of spreading a little joy to others.

We had Jake’s and Amarah’s birthday in Febuary, Tom’s birthday party was today, and now I am hyper focused on our niki’s upcoming birthday.

It is actually helping to take my mind off the car being broken and needing a new clutch and the hefty price tag to fix it. Still hopefully by Monday that will be fixed and that issue is dealt with.

It’s too big a job to do ourselves, which is a frustrating bit. As most of the cost is labour. Still onwards and upwards, as the saying goes, I have a birthday to plan🤣🤣

Much love Faye