DrDr (😊)Wendy Mitchell
@WendyPMitchell
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Sharing my journey, if anyone chooses to read it, of living as well as I can with dementia near Beverley. Follow my blog -
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This is Sarah and Gemma, Wendy’s daughters. Our mum died peacefully early this morning. She wrote a blog post before she died so you can read about it from her perspective.
Sarah and Gemma
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My daughter scraped another car when parking....she felt terrible, left a note on the windscreen assuming she wud get a bill but got this response..
“Sleep soundly in bed tonight, when you’ve inhabited this planet as long as I have a wee scratch on the car is lost in the noise”
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When life throws you a curved ball never give up on yourself……2 Honorary Doctorates and 2 Sunday Times Best sellers all since a diagnosis of dementia. You never know what you can achieve unless you give it a go……you only get one chance at life, LIVE IT, don’t give up ☺️
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Wendy’s daughter here, mum’s out of surgery and very happy its done ☺️
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My sunflower lanyard was immediately recognised at York station & by the staff on the train, all of whom immediately asked me if I needed help...we’d advise any1 hidden disability 2wear 1..
@DementiaVoices
@Innov_Dementia
P.s I have 2 on so I remember to give 1 2
@agnes_houston
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Everything that everyone with dementia says is as important as the next. I’m simply lucky to have met
@whartonswords
and through her expertise and friendship, been given the opportunity to write about my life with and without dementia in tow.
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Everything that everyone with dementia says is as important as the next. I’m simply lucky to have met
@whartonswords
and through her expertise and friendship, been given the opportunity to write about my life with and without dementia in tow.
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Thanks for missing me! I’ve been in hospital as I had a bit of an accident at home but it’s quite tiring to post. I’ve just escaped so now just need to recover ….they brought me Molly the therapy dog for a cuddle which made my day though..
Has anyone heard from
@WendyPMitchell
recently? She’s not posted anything for a while, I hope she’s ok x
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Wonderful kindness shown by
@LNER
staff at Kings Cross. I explained I had dementia, had my sunflower lanyard on and wondered if I cud catch an earlier train home due 2 chaos this morning. No problem! Someone took me to the next train, found me a seat & explained 2 the guard ....
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*****************PROUD MUM ALERT!!!!! *****************
Might have been a change in career later in life but my lovely daughter
@Sarah_mitche11
has gone from Student Nurse to Junior Sister......❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ AMAZING !!!
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Someone told me on my blog today how a 92 year old lady who turned up in full evening dress for her vaccine – she said she hadn’t been out for so long that she was going to make it a celebration!
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I hid the poppy pebbles I made this morning around the village for people to find, the young, the old & everyone in between. I was staggered by the interest shown & my village community has embraced the challenge....we all need a reason 2 trundle at the mo 🙄
#dementiacraftivist
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When life throws you a curved ball never give up on yourself……2 Honorary Doctorates & 2 Sunday Times Best sellers all since a diagnosis of dementia. Never give up on yourself……you only get one chance at life, LIVE IT, don’t give up. PLUS now my final book out June 22nd ☺️….
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Very embarrassing…but what I love is that it mentions
@YorkMandV
and
#DEEP
☺️
I know my mum
@WendyPMitchell
will be super embarrassed about this, but her hard work and services to people living with dementia have been recognised in the
#KingsBirthdayHonours
list and she’s received a BEM 💜
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Yesterday I had my first wheelie trundle to feed the ducks….
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Look what’s arrived
@whartonswords
…made my day to finally hold my book thank you
@BloomsburyBooks
Out 29th February but you can pre order now…just saying 🤪
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Happy Tuesday Twitteroos.....the view when I opened my curtains this morning......🥰
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Proof copies arrived of my final book….One Last thing 😍 out in June….once we have the real cover you’ll be able to pre-order 🙏
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It’s very sad - since the powers of Twitter decided we could no longer necessarily see the feed of those we followed that so fewer ppl see my tweets now as you have to physically look for them 😔 it also means I don’t remember who I’m not seeing 😔 it feels a lonelier place 😔
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Wow....what a surreal weekend...... Sky dive yesterday ( more in my blog tomorrow) .......and today......
my book is back in the Sunday Times Best Sellers !!!
Might only be for one week but what a week to choose........Bitter sweet success making a show again...
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I find it rather -mm what’s the word? -insulting? that my local MP, now remarkably in the cabinet 🤐-has taken the time to write a letter of congratulations. The same MP who WOULDN’T support me with my PIP appeal when I was first refused. He said ‘it wasn’t for people like me 🙈”
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Now this is a long shot but…. Does anyone remember a milk advert from years ago with 2 little boys talking about football in a strong Lancashire accent and one of them mentioning Accrington Stanley?🤔🙏
Don’t usually travel this way and have just stopped at the station..
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Yesterday a husband and wife came up to me and said..
they hadn’t dealt well with his wife’s diagnosis and had been in a bad place. Now, armed with my book, they were going home to start living……❤️…what can I say……
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My youngest daughter Gemma and Stuart (who keeps me fed!) were lucky enough to have their ideal wedding in Austria just days before the lockdown started.....finally got the piccies back and couldn’t resist sharing this one....❤️ p.s I did ask them first!😂
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Gosh.....who would have thought me of all people would have been asked to write an essay piece for the Sunday Times Styles Magazine on Dementia and Beauty..........☺️ Thank you
@TheSTStyle
🙏
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5 years ago to this very day , I entered this world of dementia.....having been diagnosed 31st July 2014....how my life has changed....this roller coaster experience bringing new challenges & opportunities.
The best bit....meeting so many wonderful people & joining Twitter world
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Happy publication day to mee happy publication day to meee happy publication day to meeee eeeeeeee happy publication day to meeeeeeee
@whartonswords
could I have some new banners
@BloomsburyBooks
?🥰
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Thank you for allowing me to speak 🙏
"There's nothing to be ashamed of"
As the family of Bruce Willis reveals he has been diagnosed with dementia,
@WendyPMitchell
, who also suffers from it, talks about the importance of speaking openly about the condition.
"If you open up to people, that's when they can help you"
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6 years ago this very day, I sat in front of the Consultant and with a sad look she said I had dementia, shook my hand, said there’s nothing she can do and discharged me......wish I could sit in front of her today.......
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All pink haired and heading down to London ready for our epic challenge with
@doryitsme
and Rachel from
@Innov_Dementia
but via Essex as ive been invited to visit a day centre in Basildon for people with Young Onset Dementia
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A hard blog to write about the changing relationship with my daughters....inevitable but still sad
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Just received the new ID card being piloted by
@YoungDementiaUK
.....I like the wording, what do you think? You can add a contact detail inside too...I always carry some card or other with my train card or bus pass, now replaced by this one 😊
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I really thought my book would be out this week.....so imagine my joy when today, I found out it has gone up to Number 6 in the Sunday Times Best Seller List!!!🎉🙏🎉
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Thank you ☺️
A woman from Beverley who is leading calls for more research into dementia will receive an honorary degree
@UniOfHull
later. Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in her fifties and has written a book about her experience
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What a kind village community I live in....found these on my doorstep .....
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Oh my goodness.....I feel like it’s Christmas....another parcel today. This time a box of goodies from
@YorkshireTea
- thank you so much 🙏🥰
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If I had been diagnosed with cancer, I would have had an automatic right to free care up until my death.
Why should I be punished financially for having dementia?
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Morning Twitteroos..today is a special day for me...if my dad had been alive he’d have been 100 - mum wud be 100 next month. They were married on Friday 13th Oct so it wud have been their mega anniversary too...I don’t know the year they died as I only remember their birthdays 🤗
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Being able to type and write often works against me as it gives people a warped perception of my life..but I’ll keep writing for as long as I can & nice to be asked to write for the
@observer
for World Alzheimers month. Full article in the paper itself
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Twitter allows me to speak in a silent world which is so much more friendlier than the stress and noise of a crowd - thank you to all my new Twitter friends in Australia for taking the trouble to connect......😘x
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Hello Twitteroos...after y’days cruel comment I didn’t look at Twitter for the rest of the day thinking there may be others who thought the same of me.
I can’t tell you how comforting it was to peek again this morning & find so many messages of support....I’m so grateful to u all
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Who would have thought 9 yrs ago when I was diagnosed, that I’d be saying-
“My third & final book is out THIS month!!!”
Moral of the tale - never give up on yourself no matter what life throws at you as no one knows what opportunities may come your way….
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From Monday there will be posters at many railway stations up and down the country and at tube stations in London....BUT....it seems like we have the first viewing❤️....if you ever see one at a station near you maybe you could send me a selfie? just ask me if there’s one near u🙏
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Those with dementia know there is no cure. We all know how rubbish our days can be. So why does someone feel compelled to question our use of the phrase ‘Living with....’?
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This reminded me of sheet music when I saw these birds this morning….wonder if anyone can read the tune….😂
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Sadly my dementia dragged me home a day earlier than planned from paradise but lovely to walk round the safety of my village this morning…
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View from my window this amazingly beautiful morning......
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Ok....so my main task today was to repaint my shed...it had faded over the years and simply needed a repaint....I started off at the back so I could practice 🤪....so you’re not seeing the back 😂...but I’m pretty pleased with the rest of it, not perfect but fine for me...😊
Morning Twitteroos....a Mr Blue Sky morning outside my window...so time for people to Stay at Home and get all those little jobs done you’ve been putting off......
I’m going to try and paint my shed this morning..😳🤪🤪🤪😂 will provide the evidence later...
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Have you heard the news about the lovely
@realmissfiona
being diagnosed with dementia? I’ll be on
@GMB
around 08.10 talking about how Fiona still has so much life to be lived..
@YoungDemNetwork
@whartonswords
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Morning Twitteroos .....happy Sunday from me and Billy....
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Received an email from a 16 yr old this morning after reading my book..
@alzheimerssoc
🥰
“The way you seek out opportunities, living for now, led me to the 'Get Involved' section of the Alzheimer's Society website where I've just signed up for their Side by Side volunteering.”
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Me and my daughter Gem went for a girlie shopping trip to Leeds yesterday and look what I couldn’t resist.....after all it is November now 🤣😂🎅🤶🎄
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Had such a lovely time on
@BBCRadio2
with the lovely
@mrmichaelball
today and also met
@Beverleyknight
who never seems to age!!
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At last.....I don’t have to keep quiet anymore!!! So pleased and overwhelmed to be included here
@whartonswords
@BloomsburyBooks
❤️
Our Richard and Judy Book Club is back with 6 new reads for Spring! Visit our blog to read the reviews
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Morning Twitteroos...happy weekend 😊
6 years ago yesterday, I sat in front of the Consultant and with a sad look she said I had dementia, shook my hand, said there’s nothing she can do and discharged me......wish I could sit in front of her today.......
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At long last…..now the road to recovery can begin ….
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Never expected this with my first book never mind my second ☺️ so now 2 Doctorates and 2 Sunday Times Best Sellers all since being diagnosed with dementia…..never give up on yourself…….🥳
She’s only gone and done it again!!! DELIGHTED to say that
@WendyPMitchell
’s What I Wish People Knew About Dementia will be charting at number FIVE in this weekend’s Sunday Times Bestsellers!! ✨✨✨✨✨✨🤸🏼♂️⛹🏼♂️🤾🏼🏇🏿🏄🏽♂️
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Dementia is a bummer of a diagnosis and some days I could end it all.....but days like yesterday only exist because I have a diagnosis.....so every cloud....
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Happy
#InternationalWomenDay2020
Today of all days, but everyday....
“Appreciate the women in your life” but also appreciate each other.......
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Someone in the audience likes to draw while listening..and she said thank you by giving me this she drew of me .....🥰
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My once ‘Hoover Fairy’
@sarah_mitche11
has now become my ‘shopping fairy’ as well as an NHS hero ...multi tasking at its most extreme!! Soooo strange not to be able to give her a hug....but soo lovely to see her in person....❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
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So there’s McMillan Nurses as routine when diagnosed with cancer so why not Admiral nurses to offer support for the whole family when diagnosed with dementia?
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Wow, double page spread in the
@DailyMailUK
with extracts from my new book
@whartonswords
@BloomsburyBooks
@Innov_Dementia
and no negative headlines 🙌⭐️
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I’m sat behind my local MP on the train.....,the one who wudnt help me when my PIP was taken away..
It was him who said it wasnt meant for people like me as I’m independent.....mmm funny that when it stands for Independence Payment🙄 Wonder if he can feel me sharpening my claws🤔
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I’ve just had an email from the parents of a 10 year old who is trying to develop an app for people with dementia. He knew more about dementia than many adults
#hopeforthefuture
👍
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I would like people not affected by dementia 2 b attracted by the cover and give it a read. I’d like people to consider it as being a book about how one person deals with a life changing diagnosis. In the process, they would, by chance, learn more about dementia.
@alzheimerssoc
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I’m feel so blessed to open my curtains and have this.....❤️
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A wonderful experience this morning, thank you to playmate
@GailGre59728262
for telling me about slo mo on the phone……
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Still overwhelmed by having my words printed in the Wall Street Journal Magazine ........
@WSJMag
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Announcement on my train just now......
“Apologies but there is no working toilet on this train. If you make me aware, we’ll try and sort something out for you” 😳😳😳😳 Feel tempted to ask just to see what they have in mind😳??
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thank you for remaining with me on this unwanted journey, I couldn’t do it without all your support…..🎄
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I am so excited to reveal the paperback cover for my book – coming March next year!
The photo used for the cover is one of my happiest memories and a photo I took of the 2 most precious people in my life. Feeling so lucky😍
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Email from someone who works in Adult Social Care and has just read my book....
“...despite the training I have had to do my job, your book has taught me so much more and that the next time I visit someone who is living with dementia I will have a different approach”
Wonderful😊
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Oh wow......who thought I’d ever be saying this......
The New York Times asked me to write an article on employment and today it’s in
@NYTOpinion
........
Never give up on yourself ......
From
@NYTOpinion
: People are living and working longer than ever, and that means the incidence of people in the workplace diagnosed with early-onset dementia will increase. Employers can't just write these people off.
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Just had the most heart warming comment left on my blog from a school child.....❤️ In this strange world we’re in at the moment, this just raised my spirits.........
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For once my hands were steady to get a clear shot of the moon ….its craters just astound me….😍
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On my way home from London exhausted but soooo glad to have been part of this session at the House of Commons with these wonderful ladies from
@JohnCampaign
along with all the other amazing people. Full details in my very long blog tomorrow… 🙄🤣
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Well I’ve finally finished my last project for our
@DementiaVoices
hug blanket.....all my squares sewn together ....
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Morning Tweeters......not always easy to do this but thank you
@jaynegoodrick
for posting this gif......I always try....
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Some more of the amazing sunrise this morning....
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We’ve just sat waiting at home getting more anxious by the minute for the so called health care professional to turn up for my PIP assessment..they failed to turn up. How can this system be humane and caring when even the staff don’t inform their manager of their unavailability .
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A difficult week always makes you consider the simple things in life. Walking 5-10 miles before was a simple walk in the park for me but not any more........😔
‘DO’ while you still can......never take anything for granted....
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I’d love all healthcare professionals to read my thoughts on the language to use when delivering a diagnosis of dementia. Pls RT to any you know🙏
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A course designed by people with dementia, delivered by people with dementia for people newly diagnosed... one comment at the end by someone ‘I’ve been feeling depressed now I feel happy’❤️
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I've just been stopped by a stranger asking if they could talk to me. Turns out she's just been diagnosed with dementia and she's terrified as she can't find help . Her gp gave her short shrift when she asked for help this week. Thankful that she stopped me 😔 but......🥲
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In the event of me not realising when dementia has played it’s cruelest trick on me........
Don’t surround me with fake images of the seaside – take me there to feel the sea air on my face.
My Top 10....
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Happy 40th birthday to 1 of the 2 most precious people in my life.....
@sarah_mitche11
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️xxxxxxxx
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I may not agree with everything you say and do but for once I agree 👍
@alzheimerssoc
@KateLeeCEO
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Just had a wave of sadness flow over me…😢….was unpacking from London and realised I’d bought these for my best friend Sylvia….she loved liquorice and would have loved these ……but she died last year 😢 dementia sucks
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My dad always stood at the cenotaph in my home town when he was alive...he would have loved being in my village today.....😔
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My last day in Paradise and I opened my curtains to a beautiful frosty morning......❤️
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