About

I’m Veronica Foale and I get a strange amount of pleasure from writing about my life on the Internet.

I live in Tasmania with my partner, Nathan and our two children, Amy – born September ’06 and Isaac, born January ’09. Our third child is due in late August 2012.

I’ve been writing online since 2007 and using social media to grow my blog and my circle of friends for about the same amount of time. I find it amazing fun and still catch myself wondering how on earth I ended up doing something that I love so much.

I’m passionate about telling stories and having other people tell their stories to me. I think that people are interesting, even when they don’t know it and everyone has a story to tell.

In April 09, I was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) after years of worsening symptoms. Having EDS is not fun, but having a diagnosis now makes life a little easier. Most of my joints either sublux (partially dislocate) or dislocate fully at some stage. This is as painful as you would imagine it to be. I swear, a lot. Luckily having EDS doesn’t stop me writing or imagining things, just lifting heavy boxes, or twisting.

Amy and Isaac have also both been diagnosed with EDS, with Amy also having PDD-NOS and Isaac having Autism.

Isaac has assorted other issues, namely issues with chewing and swallowing, as well as some pretty major digestive issues. He also has sensory processing issues, which can make feeding and dressing him interesting. We see lots of doctors and therapists, leaving very little time for the simple pleasures in life, like mud pies and ignoring the children while drinking a cup of tea.

Sometimes parenting them is so much harder than normal, but they make up for it by making me laugh every day and generally making life interesting. Not many other mothers I know have to find a new hiding place for their chocolate every day.

You can find me blogging about myself, writing and life at VeronicaFoale.com,  and on Twitter with @SleeplessNights

You can also find a brief resume here.

My comment and disclosure policy is here.

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