Christmas can be an especially difficult time for those living with severe ME. This year, for the first time, I write of my experience as the loved one of someone severely affected by the illness. I see him in the hushed beauty of a winter sky; in the gold-streaked clouds of an expectant dawn. I … More The Enduring Light of Love
A Life Hidden is a year old this week. This milestone is an opportunity to look back on the year that has passed, and also to thank everyone who has supported my writing during this time. On a personal level it has been a difficult year. Shortly after launching the site, I suffered a … More A Life Hidden – the First Year
What is the meaning of Christmas when every moment of it is a struggle to exist? When the very foundations of celebration – food and company, music and light – are so physically destructive as to be impossible? When even the presence of loved ones is too much to bear? When the dreadful isolation of … More Christmas Darkness and Light
