I try my hardest always to hang onto hope, whatever the circumstance is. The only way I can carry on is to believe in a better day, and when all seems dark, I look to the stars of the night. In my mind I can be anything, despite having a body that doesn’t work. […]
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Jessica Taylor has spent most of the last 11 years in her bedroom, suffering from a debilitating illness – but has now revealed she is getting married. The 25-year-old is working hard with her physiotherapist as she’s determined to walk down the aisle on her big day. Jessica, who runs the Share A Star charity,
I thought today, I would talk about a subject that is rather debatable and affects everybody separately but here goes, grieving for the losses and celebrating the gains. When I was 15, I lost everything to the serious condition ME. No one knew what to do or what was happening. In that time, I learnt
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Sometimes it’s strange looking back at how time has just passed us by. It can be scary, all too many times I felt this, it can feel like you are stuck with no escape…. BUT…It can be positive…. This date last year….I was in hospital having suffered a two hour seizure, narrowly missing being put
A Rochester woman with severe M.E. has brought hope, support and comfort to over 500 young people. Jessica Taylor, who is chronically ill with severe M.E., set up Share a Star in October 2010 to bring the sparkle back into the lives of severely unwell children and teenagers. Since starting the charity, Jessica has helped
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Well, well, well…. I am so sorry it has been so long since my last post, I have been doing the whole ‘getting better’ bit from my recent hospital journey. That was no fun! A few days ago I got to do something fun, breathe the cool fresh air, and lie in my wheelchair. No
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Momentous occasion. Yesterday I gave a speech to over 2000 people about Share a Star, our project Oakley’s Outings and my experience at school. This was the FIRST time out of the house in TEN YEARS and was a military operation. Do check it out but it shows that slowly, despite my setbacks, I
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