Author Archives: Anna Redshaw

Happy Blue Sunday 2024! What Blue Sunday is to me: A chance to engage others with our cause. We exist in such an echo chamber. I haven’t found anything that reaches beyond, better than Blue Sunday does. Outsiders don’t always engage with the shocking bleak reality of our existence with M.E. Awareness days pass theContinueContinue reading “What Blue Sunday is to me”

Any excuse to share this photo again! Blue Sunday 2024 is this Sunday! I hope by now you have all the information you might need, but if not the Blue Sunday 2024 tab is the best place to look. And a final reminder that Blue Sunday is completely flexible; make it work for you. PoppingContinueContinue reading “Final word before The Big Day”

World M.E. Day looked very different to my norm this year. I had the pleasure and immensely good fortune of attending my cousin’s wedding. A magnificent, gargantuan feat that I’m sure I’ll come back to soon and share more photos with you all. So there was no M.E. Awareness content from me on social mediaContinueContinue reading “An act of love”

I have had weeks and months like this before. And I know with certainty that I will have them again. I know now that these fluctuations are par for the course. It took a decade to truly grasp that actually; that you can do everything ‘right’ and still, even a relapse* can come. It’s likeContinueContinue reading “Thin ice”

Blue Sunday – Tea Party For M.E. – The Concert. Organised by Isaac Greer. I’ve been really excited about this one! Back in January I had an email from Isaac who was hoping he could put together a virtual concert as part of this year’s Blue Sunday fundraising campaign. And he’s only gone and doneContinueContinue reading “Blue Sunday – The Concert. Organised by Isaac Greer.”

I never set out to make Blue Sunday an annual, international event. I had just wanted to be included and feel a part of something again; asking my friends and family to join me either online or in-person for a little Tea Party For M.E. But here we are, about to mark our 12th one,ContinueContinue reading “Tying up loose ends”

As we head in to ‘fundraising season’ I have a plea for people with M.E and the charities who support them. I have to be very careful about taking issues like this on. But it doesn’t feel right to not say anything. We don’t have the ‘luxury’ of having a well understood illness. So atContinueContinue reading “Muddying murky waters”