About Me

I am a homeschooling mum of four, though they are now all grown up and graduated. I get my excitement by working part-time as a doctor in Accident and Emergency.

I am very lucky to have a husband who never complains if the house isn’t as tidy as it could be and enjoy spending my few free hours researching the history of Formula 1 cars and hymn writers – the first the poetry of engineering and the second the poetry of words.

I also have Immune-mediated Necrotising Myositis – a disease where my body’s immune system has decided that it needs to seek out and destroy my muscles. I have coped with this sudden disability by sharing my story which enables me to process and debrief my trauma and to hopefully help others who are having to cope with a rare illness.

3 thoughts on “About Me”

  1. Reima Eskolin's avatar Reima Eskolin said:

    I have enjoyed your writings so far.. 🙂

  2. Michell McKenzie's avatar Michell McKenzie said:

    hey Jen

    thanks for your wonderful writings… Praising God even in testing times.

    I know full well the difficulties with chronic conditions that frustrated and test the ups and downs with good and bad ways… With doctors that don’t listen ( for whatever reason) , watching both Jenna and Zoe be tested for years with chronic conditions that they struggle with…. And myself with the same walk over the last 2 years .. which tests my faith alternating between “I must go to church” and then ” why bother”..

    still, good things are our promise. God has blessed us all, and the girls finally “feel good” ❤️

    my goals right now

    1. Feel welcome at church, not chastised
    2. Find a new GP that listens but understands I’m not stupid dog (john watt retired)
    3. choose happiness 😊
    4. Love… for others, for myself and for God

    blessings to you

    love Michell

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