Breaking the Chains

   "a casualty of  my own psyche"

Synopsis

This website is about my journey through a dolly mixture of secret thoughts and feelings from the corners of an emotional world that make up who I am; no one knows – not even  me. ’ I am non-woman’. The answer lies on the lines of these pages.

Once upon a time, I did not know my name; I did not have an identity; I did not know where I was or even whether I was going to live, or whether I was going to die. I am now grateful I had that opportunity. From there I have travelled from a padded room to an invite to the House of Commons, received a personal letter from the House of Lords, and I stood in an election and won a seat on the local council. Since I have been rising in discovery through insurmountable challenges, facing and not running away. I have been deprived of my dignity and therefore I am offering you myself as I am. In the later years of my life, I am determined to make a difference to others less fortunate than myself.

'There but for the Grace of God go I'

Today I have serious disabilities which render me wheelchair- bound, with my husband as my main carer, assisted by two visiting carers twice daily. This me, I am not familiar with; but I look and learn every day of a life I believed I would never live. I have so much to be grateful for, in a system that abandoned me. My family and my friends are my anchor. It is unfinished! It is not over!

Not Yet!!

Kay Reed
February 2013