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”Meeting Fear” A Poem by Phil

The fear came—that’s what fear does sometimes.It arrived like weather—uninvited, real. It wasn’t mine to control.But how I met it—that was mine. So I paused. Yes, I flinched at first.Old habits stirred.But then I remembered—I could choose to stay. I didn’t need the...

In Loving Memory of Linda Derrick

It was with great sadness to learn of the passing of Linda on 2nd July 2025. Linda has been a member of CCI Support since the Waikato region was amalgamated with the organisation in April 2021. Prior to that she was an active member of the ME/CFS & FM community in...

Everything I learned I learned from books Some of you may know, because I harp on about it constantly, that I’m a big fan of science fiction author Becky Chambers. In particular, A Psalm for the Wild-Built holds a special place in my heart, because it helped me...

Poem – The Path Forward is not Back

By Phil Jones There comes a moment on the healing pathwhen we realize —we’re not going backto who we werebefore the crash, the illness, the unraveling. And maybe… we’re not meant to. Because who we werewas often surviving on momentum,living with our foot...

Through the Grapevine – June 2025

Over the past little while there have been more and more members mentioning various podcasts to me that they have found interesting.   It seems this is a whole new world that I’m not tapping into as much as I could be! I have started searching various...
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