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March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 0 Comments

The one about the TV on the head!The one about the TV on the head!

I think most of us will have heard about the trick of placing your phone on your head to get {...}

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March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 0 Comments

A blog about cats and missing bits!A blog about cats and missing bits!

I realised the other day that most of the blogs I’ve been posting recently have been serious and quite dark {...}

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February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 0 Comments

Passive Suicide Part 5: Paul McKennaPassive Suicide Part 5: Paul McKenna

Last Friday I was admitted to hospital with a Diverticulitis flare up, a particularly painful condition that just makes you {...}

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February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 0 Comments

Passive Suicide Part 2: How I started to recoverPassive Suicide Part 2: How I started to recover

This is the tricky bit, and for me, it hasn’t happened overnight. It’s been a process, it’s taken a lot {...}

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February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 2 Comments

Passive Suicide: My storyPassive Suicide: My story

This is hardest article I have ever written, being open and honest about something like suicide from a personal perspective {...}

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January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 2 Comments

The tangled emotions of griefThe tangled emotions of grief

I received a phone call recently informing me that my brother had died.  Shocking, yes.  Sad, yes.  Heartbreaking, yes.  All {...}

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December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 0 Comments

New Year: The best advice I’ve seen!New Year: The best advice I’ve seen!

It’s New Years Eve and I find myself in the same mindset that I have every year, to make resolutions {...}

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December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 6 Comments

Autism and why Santa has ruined Christmas for me forever!Autism and why Santa has ruined Christmas for me forever!

  I’M APPALLED!  The song ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’ will never be the same again for me, the very {...}

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October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 0 Comments

The Mad Shanks Residence: It’s raining Cats!The Mad Shanks Residence: It’s raining Cats!

The saying is that ‘everything happens for a reason’, and it certainly is the case that, in retrospect, we can {...}

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October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Vikie ShanksVikie Shanks 0 Comments

The real meaning of life? It’s 18, not 42…The real meaning of life? It’s 18, not 42…

Not many people are aware of the staggeringly horrific statistics regarding suicide.  18 people make the ultimate statement of how {...}

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