Today, (December 8th) I’ve lived in my home with Dolly
for three years.
I actually moved in on December 1st, 2014 but Dolly
wasn’t ready to leave her Mum until the 7th so it didn’t really feel
like ‘home’ until she joined me!
I remember when my Out of Area Care Co-ordinator, Janice, called
me to say that they’d found a bungalow that I was eligible to move into and she
asked if I wanted to go and check out the area with her. There were two
bungalows on the Close empty, so we weren’t sure which it was but seeing that
one was on the end and nearest to the local park I hoped it was the other one!
While the bid was in for my home, she called me to tell me of another one that
was available, but it wasn’t in a nice area. A little while later and I was sat
on a bus with my Mum when Janice called and told me not to worry about this
second home. I asked why; “because you got the one you wanted!”
I had the keys before my move-in date so that furniture could be delivered,
the whole house be decorated, and the floors fitted. But it was such a relief
to finally leave Hospital and move into, what we called it at the time, my ‘Forever
Home.’ I didn’t, for one moment, imagine that I’d be sat here three years later
engaged to the love of my life and talking about getting a house together!
To mark the three-year anniversary, here’s my top three favourite moments
in my home in this past year:
