I am a wife, mother & keen photographer with an obsession for Scrap booking. My motto is live life to the max and don't regret too much!
Thankyou for taking the time to visit my blog!
I love to watch factual TV. At the moment soap operas just have nothing to offer me.
Over the last 3 wks i have been watching a programme about the lives of 6 children who were born with some level of disability. The series was called 'Born to be different'. Talk about emotional! Basically here is the synopsis -
Filmed over five years, Born to Be Different is a frank and unsentimental portrait of the joy and heartache of life with a disabled child. Six families have allowed exceptionally intimate access to their lives following the birth of a disabled baby. The series charts everything from the initial shock of diagnosis and day-to-day practicalities, to the tough decisions and long-term reality of living with disability.
Over time, the parents' hope and fears change as they deal with medical problems, operations and the good and bad news about their child's condition – all this while trying to maintain a normal family life.
Some families face prejudice, while others fall apart under the strain. But there are flashes of humour and the typical pleasures of childhood too. And as the children grow up, and the differences between them and their friends become more apparent, they start to articulate their own feelings.
If you want to know more about the children featured in this program, and believe me they are all an inspiration, then you can see them here.
Another programme i watched a couple of nights ago was about a young boy who suffers with Proteus Syndrome. This is the disease that they think John Merrick had who was referred to as 'The Elephant Man'. Basically the disease makes bones, joints and their connective tissue grown uncontrollably. More on the programme can be found here This boy was truly remarkable. Not only could he still walk about even though his limbs were bent the wrong way but you very rarely heard him complain and he had such a zest for life. I found both these programs truly inspirational but totally overwhelmingly emotional.
Name: Cath Home: Sheffield, United Kingdom About Me: A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for. See my complete profile
