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love
is the first language
a child learns
to translate
inside
the egg
.
loss
is the first word
a child cries
after evacuation
from the safe
cocoon
...
show them how
to wave goodbye
with grace
an unguarded mind
and loving arms
open wide
.
reflections
show two
and are never true
keep those eyes forward
and out of
history's pools
.
~ @pocketfullofpoesies , bye bye, do not cry, for there will always be more, ahead
EMILIA CLARKE || For SameYou. Via Naoko Scintu's IG. (November 30, 2023)
Celeb Appreciation Post: Emilia Clarke
I love Emilia Clarke so very much, for her work as an actress but even more so for her life offscreen! Yes, she is beautiful and talented, but more importantly she has such a bright personality, exudes positive energy, and she does a lot of great philanthropy!
She and her Mum were just awarded MBEs (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), "for services to people with brain injuries", done through her charity, "SameYou". The story of how she persevered through multiple brain aneurysms, all while working on Game of Thrones, is amazing!
The only reason I haven't yet fancast her in a role in any of my fanfics is because she is incomparable as Daenerys. But I am always looking and trying! (Maybe she can just be permanently inspiring and giving face to every female "Reader" in my head, haha!)
Emilia Clarke’s mother has described how her daughter’s brain haemorrhage changed the Clarke family “in an instant”.
Jenny Clarke said it feels like her daughter’s brain haemorrhage – a bleed on the brain – “feels like yesterday” even though it was more than a decade ago.
The incident, which took place when Clarke was working out in a north London gym in 2011, was “completely out of the blue”, Mrs Clarke said.
She said her daughter fought to stay conscious even though she was in “the worst pain she could ever imagine”.
Mrs Clarke told PA: “It feels like yesterday to us really, because it was just such a profound shock.
“She had just started Game Of Thrones, the first season had been filmed and she had just come back from a press tour.
“And then she had her first brain haemorrhage which was completely out of the blue – it was a morning in March and she was in the gym and she suddenly felt this terrible pain in her head – she’s been quoted as saying it was the worst pain she could ever imagine.
“She also realised that something was seriously wrong with her because the pain was so intense.
“So she did her best, as she was lying semi-unconscious on the floor of the gym, to try and make sure she kept a sense of what was around her and she fought to make sure that she didn’t lose consciousness.”
Mrs Clarke added: “When she was rushed to a hospital in London, it was very difficult to establish what has happened to her – and that’s also something that we think is very important; maybe there isn’t enough specialist information and training to actually recognise what happens when you have a brain haemorrhage when you’re young.
“People expect people to have strokes and brain haemorrhages when they’re older, it’s a problem of older age, but Emelia was 23 when she had her first brain haemorrhage, so people didn’t recognise it as a brain haemorrhage.
“So it took a long time before she was admitted to the wonderful Queen Square (the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery), which is part of University College London Hospitals and literally her life was saved because of an intervention to stop the bleeding.
“But it was three weeks in hospital before we knew whether she was going to have another stroke, and whether she would have different health problems as a result of the brain haemorrhage.”
She added: “Rehabilitation is undervalued and under-prioritised and that’s clearly got to change as a key component of universal health coverage.
“It was such a shock when it happened to us, when Emilia had her brain injury.
“We’ve had thousands of people write to us, and so it’s not just our own lived experience, there’s just not enough provision, not enough services available.
Join Emilia Clarke and her charity SameYou, to raise funds and help increase neurorehabilitation access after brain injury and stroke.
12 Miles of Christmas 2022
I would have liked so much to participate in the 12 Miles of Christmas 2022 organized by SAMEYOU! Supporting this cause that is precious to me is important. Especially since the leader of this fundraiser will get a dragon egg from the GOT series! As a fan, this would have been the best Christmas gift! Unfortunately my health is a dazzling disaster (I might talk about it in a future post). If I had the certainty of being able to have the necessary support, it would have been different. However, I don't have the energy to solicit people...especially in these difficult times! Urgh...!
Emilia Clarke and Ted begin the Inca Trail challenge for SameYou
