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What have been your highs and lows of 2018?

It is the last day of 2018 and I thought we could take a look back at the highs and lows of 2018. What have been your best bits and what could you do without in 2019?
For me, the biggest low was losing my amazing nan in June, she was the most wonderful woman in the world and my heart broke, I still miss her every single day. I also had two surgeries that didnt work and will be having another in 2019.
But the highs have been great too, I was on the Shaw Trust Power 100 of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK, I also won a Northern Bloggers Award and I went on a road trip with my family to America.
What are your highs and lows of 2018?
For me, the biggest low was losing my amazing nan in June, she was the most wonderful woman in the world and my heart broke, I still miss her every single day. I also had two surgeries that didnt work and will be having another in 2019.
But the highs have been great too, I was on the Shaw Trust Power 100 of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK, I also won a Northern Bloggers Award and I went on a road trip with my family to America.
What are your highs and lows of 2018?
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Specialist Information Officer - Cerebral Palsy
A mixture of high/low was my saying goodbye to my son has he went to University in September my heart ached, but so happy for him as well.
My deepest low was losing my dearest Dad in October, he had been ill for sometime with IPF and he sadly lost his fight. I miss him terribly, and as I miss talking to him I have started a 2019 journal where I will write to him instead.
Online Community Manager
Highs: Discovering how amazing my friends/partners/family are; getting kittens; finding a home.
Constant garbage with DWP.....being assessed again!! for ESA & PIP. I lost my PIP because I go to the pool???? It's GP referred and in order to try to maintain my mental and physical health but what's the point of it if you get 'shot down' for it?
To add to this I have continuous garbage from my granddaughter's mother (I have full residency of my granddaughter) but the mother drags us all to court knowing that she won't win......sickening waste of resources!
And to top it all I had to put my 13 year old dog to sleep on xmas eve and bury him xmas day.
One good point..I got my hand op on the very last day of the year......sitting here just now with my right hand in a cast. GOODBYE 2018
I definately need a better year
The highs of my year were watching our adorable Bischon Frise rescue dog learning how to be unafraid, she still has a long way to go but she is slowly getting over the abuse and neglect she suffered on a puppy farm for years. A special high is being told by my eldest granddaughter we are to become great grandparents to her first baby in March 2019. Just being alive