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A Carers Rest

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25.01.2022 A Carers Rest, now also on Instagram. Please follow we are still in the early stages of creating this NFP, hope you can follow my journey Feel free to share the link https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rk2vWHij6/?igshid=uyybq34aofh3

13.01.2022 Yesterday I was having a chat with my eldest daughter and she said mumma you need to be the face of your NFP, you need to be as open and honest as you are when you talk to me. Here I am, raw & real. Once again I woke up too early with a mind that won't be quiet, I have bags under my eyes, I'm tired and carry the world on my shoulders and with each fight for services and an inclusive life for our boy that load gets heavier. Carers are burning out, their minds are always racing and are either in fight or flight mode. Its time we all took a closer look at the lives of carers and their families. Time to unite and support

06.01.2022 A Carers Rest does not support the government’s new announcement to standardise assessments of people with disabilities. This move puts our most vulnerable more at risk. The NDIS was put in place to give individuals and their carers choice and control. It is now fast becoming a system of the Government exercising their powers yet again over PWD and their carers. I will not stand silent in this, I will not allow them to take away the choices we have as carers. Our son and millions of others rely on our voices coming together and letting the govt know THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! I AM YOUR VOICE LIAM, I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU TILL MY LAST BREATH. Please consider signing and sharing this petition cause Liams life and those living with disabilities matter as much as anyone else

02.01.2022 My Why! We all have a story, and this is mine! When you are truly vulnerable you connect deeply with others. He's not my only why, I have 2 gorgeous girls and my amazing hubby of 22 years! Covid threw us all a curve ball this year and delayed my vision but it certainly did not stop this dream of mine. This is me being raw and real.... please reach out if you ever feel the need -----------... I know it's hard for you to see this journey from my perspective, but just give me this space to try to explain. There are many positives in this journey, and yes we must focus on them to get us through. I have been blessed with a love like no other, its unconditional, its pure and its simple. I have been taught the simplicity of what is life, simple joy and simple pleasures. Of playing a song and watching him jump for joy, a cuddle and kiss that equates to a smile that lights up a room. There is also the side I do not share much with anyone, the days of meltdowns and tears of when I can't understand what he wants and I cant give him what he needs to bring back that smile on his face. The nights riddled with seizure after seizure and a household impacted by the aftermath of that night. We simply put on our faces and brace for another day. The relationships that have been unravelled with both family and friends. Because I'm the type to retreat back into my own world and it looks like I push these relationships away when really what I crave is a friend or family to just sit with me, talk with me, listen to me without thinking "here we go again, same story ". This story, this journey, it doesn't end, it stares at me everyday and challenges my thoughts every day. Families are breaking apart, carers are burning out, the dark places some carers are in consume them, there are tears, fights and unimaginable physical and mental pain. They say "it takes a village to raise a child". That cannot be more true for a family with a child who has additional needs. He needs his tribe, my other children need their tribe, my partner needs his tribe, I need my tribe and collectively we need a tribe as a family. It's time to rally together, step up to the plate and dig in deep within ourselves to help Carers and their families.