Nadine Haigh
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There's really no reason why you should read on, I write in case someone should want to and I appreciate those that do. I love to take photos and use them to share the beauty of the world we have around us
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An apology to the bride and groom. Content Warning.
I want to start by thanking everyone for their patience and rearranging their travel plans in order to stay for Jim and Mels wedding. I also want to apologise sincerely for any trauma that may have occurred as a result of yesterdays unfortunate fiasco at breakfast. Let's start with how me and Jim came to the point where he asked me to be best man, something I am sure he is regretting as I speak. We've known each other pretty much our whole lives,was in school together knew each others families,so when six years ago I finally got the courage to ask his sister to marry me we actually did become family,through the years we have laughed together and vomitted together,supported our team together and driven both our partners crazy with our general antics. I feel I need now to say something about what led to yesterdays incident. For as long as I can remember we have played tricks on each other,wound each other up and sometimes taken it too far. Lately though, with wedding plans going full speed ahead I have been feeling,well down in the dumps,don't get me wrong i'm happy for you both,but,well everyone's all grown up. Naturally this has led to some issues for me and one of those,shall we say adverse affects has been in the bedroom department with my wife. I know I know.... ahhh poor woman,so when it was suggested for us to stay with you guys here for a couple of days break away from the kids,( raising a glass at the kids table!) Who we adore by the way, I figured I would make a call,answer the questions and invest in a little blue pill to spice things up for the wife and I. I wish to god I had read the instructions on the box, I would have known then that taking it with blood thinners was a big NO NO and could have saved us all the shame and perhaps,maybe, grammy would still be with us for the day instead of in hospital recovering for shock. I'd like to thank the breakfast staff for their quick thinking in the situation though, I see many of you here this evening and I'm most grateful for you tact and diplomancy,it can't very well have been an easy situation to get tangled up in and the speed with which you responded with that table cloth was phenomenal! Anyway thankfully I am the one carrying the blushes tonight rather than grammy and I've been assured she is forgiving, I didn't mean to poke her in the eye although if she hadn't been in her wheelchair my erection would not have gotten caught on her breathing mask when I stood up to hug her and in no way would she have needed an eye patch either. Right at this point I'm looking at both jim and mel and I know deep down they love me but through the tears of laughter I know that there is a royal rollicking headed my way for being a pervert,all I can say in my defence is, it was your sisters idea in the first place and you told her to double the dose!!!
By Nadine HaighExclusive • about 3 hours ago
Memories of a life before. Content Warning.
There are memories within us that don't belong to the one that we are,and yet they become reflected back at us from within each reflection we see. A different and incomplete version of ourselves looks back into our souls; it shows us the life we could have had if we could just recognise that there are qualities within us that we just can't acknowledge.
By Nadine Haigh2 months ago in Fiction
Mobility Madness
The first time I heard degenrative disc disease I had no clue what it would entail. Medically it is a weakness in the cushion between the vertibrae of your spine,that causes them to slip to one side and become trapped,making them bulge,this then causes the signals to your brain to become intensensified and for your mobility to become limited due to pain. Personally though it was a complete change, I worked as a chef and did sixty plus hour weeks,trained to be a restaurant manager too and loved what I did, in the space of 48 hours that all changed,a twist in an awkward position unloading stock and the next thing I knew I was in hospital unable to move my legs without feeling excruciating pain.
By Nadine Haigh3 months ago in Chapters
Footy Widow. Top Story - January 2026. Content Warning.
Generally I'm a lover of football myself and feel like I may be misleading in my title but I'm accutely aware there are still many of us women that would relish the telly to themselves over the weekend whilst their darling off spring are off socialising and creating choas locally. For those of you that don't I found a way to make it through the games!
By Nadine Haigh3 months ago in Humor
Mobility Madness
A while back there used to be a show called Some Mothers' Do have 'em, Tv madness akin to the Dick van Dyke show. A completely accident prone man that was unable to get through life without causing chaos. I remember watching it and thinking there was no way that anyone could cause that much mayhem, until I got a mobility scooter!!
By Nadine Haigh3 months ago in Chapters
An open letter
I have always been quite vocal about my battles with mental health and never really focussed on my physical health issues, I suffer with a lot of what is known as invisible illnesses, by far the worst though is degenerative spinal disorder,gradually it has robbed me of the use of my legs the restrictions of my arms and now most recently issues with moving my head. Putting a brave face on everything is something I was conditioned to do as a child as were many of my generation.Over the years it has become harder and harder to do though. When you don't have much interactions with the outside world you start to see when you do venture out how sorry the world truly has become. Following a trip to my local supermarket on my mobility scooter I was nearly hit by a car and then sworn at by the driver for crossing the road in front of her, the fact that she had not indicated escaped her notice and even though I was up on two wheels it was hard to be angry when someone had rushed to my aid to help me,or so I thought, in actual fact the individual took the time to pick my pocket and steal my mobile phone....in the week since this has happened my disorder has progressed yet again due to the knock that I took, by far more worrying though is the fact that there is now no hope. Whenever I was out I never really pictured myself as vulnerable or cpmpletely disabled as I had some use of my arms,in fact I was a lot better off than a lot of other people in the world,I wore a smile on my face and tried my best to make light of everything. Now I can't, I've always had hope that at some point humanity would return to the human race and not be a legend of times gone past. We as a society have managed to achieve such a love of money and wealth that we pit ourselves against each other wanting what others have,more money,a nicer house,a bigger car or to feel superioir in some way no matter what or who gets in the way. Looing at the world now through changed eyes I despair for what my children will be left with when my life is done. There is very few acts of genuine kindness in the world unless it involves animals,but aren't we animls too? Just apparently better evolved than other species and yet they outstrip us at every turn on caring for their own.
By Nadine Haigh3 years ago in Confessions
Who wants to live forever?
There's so many cliches in the world about relationships and how they are,how they should be and what to expect,I've heard so many of them that they just go in one ear and out the other,the one that drives me crazy is the ride or die one, and the harlequin and joker concept of a relationship. It's laughable. Everyone expects that their relationship will be this whole piece almost like a fruit,complete,unblemished,well rounded,when in actual fact its more like a kit car.After years and years of neglect and abuse at the age of 25 I figured I was never going to find anyone that would want me for me. I had a lot of emotional and mental baggage and felt completely broken. I didn't want someone that was going to put me back together for me to break when they walked away, I wanted someone that would stand beside me while I built myself back up and felt more like a person again.
By Nadine Haigh6 years ago in Humans
The Snow That Time Forgot
It had been another uneventful week that was to be followed by another weekend of being on my own, probably sat at some bar or another try to drink myself into oblivion, whilst pretending that I was happy with how my life had now turned out.
By Nadine Haigh7 years ago in Humans
