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Aspie Life
I work at an autism unit. As an Aspie, I'm often asked about my 'take' on the world. The other day, as I'm a writer, someone at work asked me to write something that might give some more insight for my colleagues into how I view the world. I've written this today. I thought I'd post it to see what people think. Any suggestions for improvements or additions would be gratefully received...
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Pot-Boilers...
About 12 years ago, when I first started on ABC, I was writing a comic blog about a failed writer living in a damp flat in a wind-swept seaside town on the Kent coast. With his neighbours, Sherlock and Yo, he whiled away his days - writing stories, taking low-paid jobs, drinking, smoking, dreaming... He went through a few incarnations as I tried to develop the thing into a novel - but it didn't work out. Alan Benefit, then Stan Seagrave... then finally Harry Chadwick. I dug out this old 'chapter' and thought I'd post it. It might resonate with some of you...
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Gift: A Son's Story (Signs)
The day following my mother's funeral was also the three-week anniversary of her passing - at 7.22pm on 26th April 2017. My brother and his wife had flown off on holiday that day, and I was continuing with the clearance of mum's bungalow. It was a time when reassurances were needed. And they came in strange ways...
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Gift: A Son's Story (Postcards from the edge)
I was my mother's full-time carer during her final illness - from 16th October 2016 until 26th April 2017: the day she passed away. During that final spring, we took some day trips out to some local places of interest: Sandwich, Deal, Sheppey. Mum always enjoyed those trips. I think she knew she'd be seeing these places for the last time. Then, one day, we took the final trip. A few days afterwards, she began her final decline.
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Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 4)
After my mother passed away, I needed all the support I could get - and it wasn't coming to me from family. Although I'm not religious, I keep an open mind on spiritual matters. On my birthday that year - 5 days before mum's funeral - I decided to see a medium who'd been recommended to me by a friend. It gave me a lot of the reassurance I needed - though much more was to come.
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