Mother Mary MacKillop

In my last year of high school I performed a solo narration on the life of Mother Mary MacKillop at an area schools concert. I did not know then that many years later Mother Mary MacKillop would be ordained a saint. I don't know if she was a saint, but she certainly did a lot of charitable work for the poor in educating their children. She fought valiantly for her cause and deserves to be honoured, perhaps this is the way? I created a portrait to honour her. This is Moongirl signing off.

Dead End Street

It happens at the darkest times in your life. You suddenly find yourself walking down a dark alley. Menacing shadows reach out to grab you. Fear consumes your every move. But still there is a little bright light to show you the way. Keep concentrating on the light and the shadows will fade away. This is Moongirl signing off.

Family day at the beach 11-9-10

When things get tough Moonboy, Moongirl and Moondog head off to the beach. Breathe in the fresh sea air, walk on the soft white sand and wade in the crystal water. This is Moongirl signing off.

noboobsaboutit website cites figures - My reply - I am not doing well!

I recently sent a personal invitation to a lady from the "NO BOOBS ABOUT IT" website (a site for women suffering from breast cancer) to become a member of my website "Shades of Grey" (which is open to all people suffering from all types of cancer and chronic illness). The lady advised that her site could not be aligned with mine because her site was for breast cancer only.

In the first part I was not asking for any alignment between the two sites, I was merely extending a personal invitation to the lady herself to join my site as a member, however, I accepted this as a reasonable reply to my invitation.

On the other hand, she then also cited percentages of the frequency of breast cancer opposed to other cancers as the reason for not becoming a member of my site. To this point I take issue. I constantly see the flood of empathy for women suffering from breast cancer with other cancer sufferers receiving much less empathy. I do have empathy for women suffering from breast cancer and I do have empathy for other people suffering from the many other types of cancers. I do not distinguish between cancer sufferers. I do not cite percentages of frequency, citing one cancer to be of more peril or of more importance than another.

The lady also commented that she was happy to hear I was doing well. For the record dear lady, I am not doing well. I suffer from extreme excruciating pain associated with radiation damage to my abdomen, bowel and rectum. The teeth in my mouth are rotting because of dry mouth syndrome caused by radiation treatment. I cannot walk because the broken bones in my feet will not heal due to deficiencies caused by the radiation treatment. I take high dosage pain medicine daily to enable me to go to work every day because that is the only way I can pay for my expensive medicines. I suffer from severe depression with the knowledge that cancer cells may appear elsewhere in my body any day. My regular tests and checkups at the Cancer Clinic are constant reminders that I am still a high risk of dying from cancer. I fight off thoughts of suicide daily because the pain gets so bad I don't think I can bear it any longer. As I said, I am not doing well, but every day I get out of my bed and I do the absolute best that I can in the circumstances, because my loved ones depend on me, and because I know that I can help other sufferers in the world. I created my website "Shades of Grey" http:/paulakerr.webs.com/ to help as many people as I can who have been diagnosed with cancer, who suffer extreme pain daily, who fight depression and who fight thoughts of suicide. So, for the record dear lady from the website "NOBOOBSABOUTIT", the incidence of breast cancer as quoted by you, may be more frequent than endometrial cancer, but the far reaching after effects for endometrial cancer and the consequent damage by radiation treatment to internal organs are no less than that of a person suffering from breast cancer. I have many friends who have and who are still suffering from breast cancer and yes I do empathise with them, BUT, I would never cite percentages or trivialise another person's fight with cancer.

I hope your site continues to help those suffering from breast cancer. I just hope that people such as yourself become more aware of the plights of other cancer sufferers in this world whose suffering is no less prolific or less important than that of breast cancer sufferers.

Yes, NOBOOBSABOUTIT website, I was upset by your words in your recent email to me, but I feel much better now that I have been able to share these insights with you. This is Moongirl signing off.

Book of my life

The Pages of my book flicker past my eyes, days melting into weeks, weeks into months and volumes of years into a lifetime. This is Moongirl signing off. xxx

Open the mind

Oh how I wish that more people would open their minds so that they can see other perspectives, other options, other possibilities, if only they would open their minds. This is Moongirl signing off. xxx

Moonmum is now 80 years old

Moonmum is now 80 years old. See her photo at right of page. She received a letter from the local Federal Member for Parliament today congratulating her on her 80th birthday. Happy birthday Mum :)))) xxxx Moongirl

New Dry Food Idea

Diagnosed with dry throat and dry mouth syndromes as a consequence of radiation therapy, Moongirl decided she could be marketed as a new dry food source. See photograph at right..... Moongirl on skewer

Perspectives

Take away my feet and I will crawl. Take away my sight and I will learn braille. Take away my hearing and I will learn to love the silence. Take away my speech and I will use sign language. Take away my friends and I will make new friends. Take away those I love and I am lost. This is Moongirl signing off.

I changed into another person when I was told I had cancer.

I changed into another person when I was told I had cancer. It was like someone had reached deep inside of my body and pulled out everything, everything that had made me who I was. They left nothing inside of me, except for the numb minimal consciousness that let me know I was somehow still alive. After several years I am still alive. I still suffer though from permanent radiation damage and deep psychological scars. The dreadful pain is a constant reminder that I am still alive. There is one thing I miss more than anything else from my pre-cancer days and that is the wonderful, now elusive, feeling of JOY!. Oh how I wish I could feel Joy again. This is Moongirl signing off.

Power City Comic Strip 3

See latest Power City Comic Strip at http://paulakerr.webs.com/ (c) D & P Kerr (Posse Dog Productions) 2010.

Australian Federal Elections - Pencil on paper - and Erasers? Who's cheating?

I am astounded that someone hasn't taken issue with the fact that the polling booths in South Australia and perhaps Australia-wide only had pencils to use in the recent Federal Election. How many organisers or handlers could have used erasers to change votes? This surely is not RIGHT?????? I'll be taking my own ink pen next time I vote. And you can be downright certain I will be voting. This is Moongirl signing off.

S.A. Govt. & S.A. Water found out once again - Huge Debt Rising!

Why am I not surprised? They keep doing it and keep getting away with it. Now we have another State Bank fiasco on our hands thanks to a Labour Government. How many decades will it take to pay back this latest debt caused by the inept handling of the Desal Plant Project? I couldn't give a flick who Mike Rann sleeps with but I do care about this state falling into enormous debt. God help us. Do not let Labour win back the Federal Government seats and plunge our country into even heavier debt. Labour has proven time and again that they cannot budget, they cannot organise projects for the betterment of this country, economically or practically, and finally they cannot stay honest with the people of this country. The State Labour Government denied problems with the Desal Plant earlier and now they've been found out. They are liars. I'm not entirely impressed with the Coalition either, whatever comes out of this farce of an election, I hope and pray that we finally have someone voting for the good of this country without putting us into further debt. This is Moongirl signing off.

Selfishness

Selfishness is the evil that will kill this world. Spend some time helping someone who needs help and your day will be a lot happier. This is Moongirl signing off.

A little poem

Always remember
through happiness and woe
that love surrounds you
though it may not always show

"POWER CITY" NEW COMIC STRIP-2nd Installment (c) D&P Kerr 28-8-10

See the second installment of this Comic Strip Book to the right hand section of this blog.
http://paulakerr.webs.com/

Benjamin 13. y.o. - Living in a wheelchair

Benjamin is 13 years of age. He lives in a wheelchair. He is unable to speak. His muscles will not allow him to do the things other children his age are able to do. His bones are fragile and break easily. With all of these handicaps, Benjamin still manages to smile when my Moonman, picks him up in his Cab and takes him to school each day. Benjamin smiles and sways in his chair to the music played by Moonman. Can we ever ever do enough to help these children in wheelchairs have a better life?????? Moongirl and Moonman are trying their best to do their bit to help these beautiful children. This is Moongirl signing off.

Power City - New Comic Strip - (c) D&P Kerr Posse Dog Productions 28-8-10

See latest Power City Comic Strip at http://paulakerr.webs.com/ (c) D & P Kerr (Posse Dog Productions) 2010. created by David and Paula Kerr (Posse Dog Productions)-
You can see the very first page of this new Comic Strip in the photo sections at right of this blog.

MIXED NUTS - HUNG PARLIAMENT - & THREE WISE MEN

Forgive me if I am a little shell shocked. The past week had a smelly nose and a giant pair of ears vying for the top job in this country. It all ended with a hung parliament, well so it seems whilst the vote counting continues. I read somewhere we ended up with some mixed nuts, a bloodnut, a wingnut and a gum nut. We are also left with a few independents who are now being wooed by the nose and the ears. Let us hope that these are THREE WISE MEN who will stand by their positions as independents.

Elusive happiness

Good grief I received a giant sized wallop in the face today. I had slipped into that fantasy world where people believe they need others to make them happy. The truth is it is always others that make me unhappy. When will I learn to keep to myself. Just shutup and keep to myself. I have no rights. I have no opinions. I am nothing. I am nothing. I am nothing. I am nothing. I am nothing. I am nothing. Cut the throat and get it over with. This is Moongirl signing off.

Too bad about the Libs and Labs

Too much blah blah blah and not enough listening to the people. This is why the population has turned away from the Libs and Labs in droves. The Greens aren't any better. By a stroke of luck I found someone today who speaks for the people and not for a party they are representing. Good grief I feel so much better now. Julia and Tony you had your chance but I'm afraid you've blown it with me. One of you might get in, but it won't be with my help. This is Moongirl signing off.

Quote for the day!

Saw this quote this morning on "Paula's Website - Shades of Grey"
Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?
Bram Stoker
(1847-1912)
Seemed to be fitting words for the coming Federal Election tomorrow. Voila! This is Moongirl signing off.

The Road Demon is back!

That dastardly demon sped past me yesterday in a hail of exhaust smoke as he drove his white station wagon like a bullet aimed at anything getting in his way. His white pearly teeth glistened as he shot me a surly smug grin with his crooked evil face. He was younger this time, perhaps only in his teens, but I knew it was him by the reckless way he drove his weapon of a vehicle. I tried to read his registration plate, but he was too quick. My heart was pounding as it always does. I thought he had disappeared forever, but then there he was again just letting me know, he had no plans of leaving me in peace. Gosh darn you Road Demon. This is Moongirl signing off.

They look at me but they don't see me

It's as though I'm walking around in a bubble and the world only sees me as a blurred figure that disappears as quickly as it appears. I speak to some, but I know that they only hear what they want to hear. What would be the point of telling them anything? It would make no difference and in any case it doesn't matter any more. This is Moongirl signing off.

Moongirl Walks

Moongirl discovered today that sometimes when you find you can't walk, it might just be that you need to try another pair of shoes. Moongirl walked today with a new perspective and different shoes. What shoes will you wear tomorrow? This is Moongirl signing off.

Moongirl to Vote - New Prime Minister of Australia -

Moongirl will be voting in our Federal Election next Saturday. There are two main candidates, Julia Gillard (Labour Party)and Tony Abbott (Coalition Liberal). Julia Gillard has a suspiciously incredulous likeness to Pinnochio in that her nose grows every time she answers a question. Then we have Tony Abbott, who himself stated that he intends to say as little as possible throughout his campaign. Tony attends the debates with a smug grin on a face that is overshadowed by the biggest pair of ears I have seen since "Jumbo" the elephant. And like Jumbo, as you know Elephants never lie, Tony Abbott will tell no lies. Do you know why? Because he stated at the outset that he intends to say as little as possible. Now how can he lie if he says nothing? Someone must make a new cartoon strip out of these two characters, for surely neither of them is real? In any case Moongirl already knows who she will vote for next Saturday. Moongirl is voting for her dog Moondog. He is the smartest, most honest and caring male in this world. Enough said. This is Moongirl signing off.

Moondog goes for a swim

This morning I took Moondog for a swim at his favourite beach. He has a sore on his leg so I thought the best medicine is salt water. He loved it, even though it was freezing cold. He went for 3 swims and ran his little legs off up and down the beach. I love that little guy so much. This is Moongirl signing off.

New Washing Machine

I've just completed my first wash in my new washing machine. 9.5kg, it is a biggy. Yay!! I've been doing my washing by hand for the past few months. Talk about living in the dark ages. Well, this morning I made up some cookie dough for a new batch of Moondog's cookies. He loves them and I know that they are filled with goodness because I made them myself. I make everything for Moondog now and he is much healthier for it too. The world should unite and stop buying the untested pet foods that are on our supermarket shelves. Well I'm going to have a cup of tea now, (Earl Grey). This is Moongirl signing off.

Paula Kerr Fine Art Website - Worth a Look

Harvey Norman - Not Impressed

I went to the local Harvey Norman store today to buy a washing machine. The only two staff in the section, females, were on the phone, so I stood around bobbing my head up and down to see if I could see someone there to help me. Finally one of the girls got off the phone, completely ignored me and walked off. The other one "Donna" eventually got off the phone and asked if I wanted help. She told me she could help me and then told me to follow her to the cashier. I use a walking cane to walk and am not very steady on my feet, but Donna galloped ahead of me a good 50 metres. When I finally got to the cashier, Donna handed me over to the cashier. The cashier gave me a blank stare and limited conversation. She told me my husband had to sign the form. That was okay, I could organise that, but I asked the cashier if she could tell the assistant I had spoken to over the phone the previous day "Michael" that I would be back in the next day to pay. The cashier told me "You'll have to tell Donna to pass the message on for you." I looked at the long walk back to Donna, then down at my two broken feet and walking cane and explained that would be difficult for me. The cashier gave me a blank stare, so I started to walk back to Donna. The cashier then picked up her phone trying to contact Donna, but was unsuccessful, she eventually told me she would pass on the message. So very upset when I left the store. Sorry about this, but I just had to get it off my chest. Oh by the way had an awful visit at the Cancer Clinic yesterday too. It's just not my week I guess. This is Moongirl signing off.