Comments for Pardon My Bipolar http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog Making sense of madness Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:20:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on Mourning the sad loss of Maggy (aka Kimberley) by kimlight http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-20 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:07:49 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-20 Hi Warren, Nice to hear from you. Nardine, Andy, Tara were there. Benet Simon too. Julien does know. Not sure about Lucy Reade. Maggy adopted the pseudonym 'Kimberley Light' so she could blog about bipolar without everyone connecting her to the illness. Unfortunately Bipolar aka Manic Depression has a really negative stigma attached to it so it helps to be discrete. But now I think it helps people who knew Maggy to know the truth. -Mike Hi Warren,

Nice to hear from you.

Nardine, Andy, Tara were there. Benet Simon too. Julien does know. Not sure about Lucy Reade.

Maggy adopted the pseudonym ‘Kimberley Light’ so she could blog about bipolar without everyone connecting her to the illness. Unfortunately Bipolar aka Manic Depression has a really negative stigma attached to it so it helps to be discrete.

But now I think it helps people who knew Maggy to know the truth.

-Mike

]]> Comment on Mourning the sad loss of Maggy (aka Kimberley) by Warren Llewellyn http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-19 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:17:31 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-19 Hi Mike, Just found out through Friends Reunited about Maggy. Deeply shocked and saddened. You have my deepest sympathy. The last news I heard was that you two had got married. Got the news from Catherine Preece when I went to the Film and Drama reunion back in 2005. I remember Maggy with great fondness, - a wonderful person and a talented performer. A sharp sense of humour and deep thinker too. I was never aware of her illness. I wonder, did anyone from Bulmershe attend the funeral? Do Julien Magnat or Lucy Reade know what happened? I’m sure all who knew her at Reading Uni remember her with affection and would be equally upset by this sad loss. I hope this isn’t inappropriate, but why did she adopt the name, Kimberley Light? Anyway, my condolences to you, your family and Maggy’s family. I hope you will accept them. Warren Hi Mike,

Just found out through Friends Reunited about Maggy. Deeply shocked and saddened. You have my deepest sympathy. The last news I heard was that you two had got married. Got the news from Catherine Preece when I went to the Film and Drama reunion back in 2005.
I remember Maggy with great fondness, - a wonderful person and a talented performer. A sharp sense of humour and deep thinker too. I was never aware of her illness.
I wonder, did anyone from Bulmershe attend the funeral? Do Julien Magnat or Lucy Reade know what happened? I’m sure all who knew her at Reading Uni remember her with affection and would be equally upset by this sad loss.

I hope this isn’t inappropriate, but why did she adopt the name, Kimberley Light?

Anyway, my condolences to you, your family and Maggy’s family. I hope you will accept them.

Warren

]]> Comment on The Gaps by kimlight http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/the-gaps.html/#comment-18 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:33:58 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/the-gaps.html/#comment-18 Hi Nicole, Thanks for your kind words. Really appreciate it. I would love to hear the song. Please contact me via facebook on http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=616566788. I think the event would be excellent and look forward to it. It sounds like a really good idea. The ideal charity would be Mind (National Association for Mental Heath) at http://www.mind.org.uk/. Or even the Royal Free itself as that is where Maggy had to spend a lot of time. Also, please post your comments from when you were young and I'll add them to a new post. Thanks! -Mike Hi Nicole,

Thanks for your kind words. Really appreciate it.

I would love to hear the song. Please contact me via facebook on www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=616566788.

I think the event would be excellent and look forward to it. It sounds like a really good idea. The ideal charity would be Mind (National Association for Mental Heath) at www.mind.org.uk/. Or even the Royal Free itself as that is where Maggy had to spend a lot of time.

Also, please post your comments from when you were young and I’ll add them to a new post.

Thanks!

-Mike

]]> Comment on Update: Burial arrangements by kimlight http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-17 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:26:41 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-17 Kym, Thanks for your kind words. Appreciated. -Mike Kym,

Thanks for your kind words. Appreciated.

-Mike

]]> Comment on Update: Burial arrangements by kimlight http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-16 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:25:34 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-16 Ruth, Yes. Absolutely fine to go ahead with this. Really nice idea. You can contact me directly through Facebook on my profile at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=616566788. Or skype username: mikemindel. Ruth,

Yes. Absolutely fine to go ahead with this. Really nice idea.

You can contact me directly through Facebook on my profile at www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=616566788. Or skype username: mikemindel.

]]> Comment on Mourning the sad loss of Maggy (aka Kimberley) by kimlight http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-15 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:23:30 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-15 Thanks for your kind words. You can always contact me directly through the Friends Reunited site. Mike Thanks for your kind words. You can always contact me directly through the Friends Reunited site.

Mike

]]> Comment on Mourning the sad loss of Maggy (aka Kimberley) by n/a http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-13 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:48:44 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/mourning-the-sad-loss-of-maggy-aka-kimberley.html/#comment-13 Dear Mike, I'm really sorry to hear about Maggy. I prefer to remain anonymous, I found out about your loss thru the Friends Reunited website. My profile isn't on that site, I dont have the best memories of Mill Hill to be honest (various reasons), but I do remember you were a really nice guy. I wish you and your family well and I also wish you every success in the future, old boy! Best regards An Old Acquaintance Dear Mike,

I’m really sorry to hear about Maggy.

I prefer to remain anonymous, I found out about your loss thru the Friends Reunited website. My profile isn’t on that site, I dont have the best memories of Mill Hill to be honest (various reasons), but I do remember you were a really nice guy.

I wish you and your family well and I also wish you every success in the future, old boy!

Best regards

An Old Acquaintance

]]> Comment on Update: Burial arrangements by Ruth Burgess http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-12 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:22:26 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-12 Dear Mike, Hoping to reach you through this as not sure how else to contact you. All of us at London Workshop Company who knew Maggie were very upset by her death and we would like to do something in her memory. We thought we would like to hold a poetry and music evening to raise funds for a charity that supports people with bipolar or one that you would like the money to go to. Begore we begin arranging anything I wanted to confirm with you that it was ok to go ahead with this plan and to see if you want any involvement in it. Between us we are confident that we can get a small venue to host the event. Please do let me know how you feel about this and in the mean time I hope that you are coping with your loss and have people around you to support you through these difficult times. Regards, Ruth Dear Mike,
Hoping to reach you through this as not sure how else to contact you. All of us at London Workshop Company who knew Maggie were very upset by her death and we would like to do something in her memory. We thought we would like to hold a poetry and music evening to raise funds for a charity that supports people with bipolar or one that you would like the money to go to. Begore we begin arranging anything I wanted to confirm with you that it was ok to go ahead with this plan and to see if you want any involvement in it.
Between us we are confident that we can get a small venue to host the event.
Please do let me know how you feel about this and in the mean time I hope that you are coping with your loss and have people around you to support you through these difficult times.
Regards,
Ruth

]]> Comment on The Gaps by Nicole http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/the-gaps.html/#comment-11 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:51:07 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/the-gaps.html/#comment-11 Dear Mike, I am so sad to hear that Maggy has left us. I knew her when we were both at school together, Queenswood, from the age of 9 to 15. I recently started to work for Ruth at the London Workshop company and Maggy saw my name on the session leaders list and called me up. It was so wonderful to hear from her after all those years, she sounded so happy when I spoke to her. She spoke a lot about being married - it feels now in retrospect that she felt it was a great achievment (if that doesn't sound too strange a thing to say?) and that she was so proud to be married. We were brilliant friends at school, particularly in the later years. We had our ups and downs to begin with, but we were only nine and thrown into this crazy boarding school life with family scattered all over the world and little to anchor us or to help us find a balance. But I think that is what made us friends in the end. My family remember Maggy as this dark curly haired bundle of cheekiness and questions, and I remember her as my friend who adored exploring life by grabbing it head on and by dodging it with her imagination. We sadly lost contact after I left Queenswood at 15, and I was so excited to hear from Maggy again. I can only imagine how you must be feeling at the moment, and I would love to talk with you and share my memories of Maggy from when we were young. Please do email me anytime on nicole@audiobalm.com Ruth has told me that she is hoping to put together an event to celebrate Maggy and to raise money for a charity of your choice. I am hoping to play at the event (I am a musician and play in a band) so perhaps we will meet up. I have a song that I think Maggy would have liked, and I hope you don't mind but I would like to write the lyrics for you, for Maggy. The song is called Broken... Broken Well there are two of me One for myself and one for all to see And you may think your verbal strikes you fling at me Will hurt But it's not me they hit you see Oh, I'm once removed from myself I've left a piece for you, and I'm cloaked from view And impervious to hurt When I am broken I can glue myself together With a lack of emotion Yes I can Well I bruise easily But now, there's not one blemish on me Since i created for myself an effigy To take The blame and pain for me Oh, I'm once removed from myself I left a piece for you And I'm torn in two and impervious to hurt When I am broken I can glue myself together With a lack of emotion Yes when I am broken I can glue myself together With a lack of emotion Yes I can (I would love to send you a copy of the song if you would like to hear it.) I am absolutely astounded by the artwork you have up on this site. I looked through it all with total wonder. I didn't know Maggy at all in our adult life, but the pictures resonate with everything I remember about her. It is like violence and vibrance go together hand in hand, like Maggy was able to see the humour and the beauty through the blackness. I think she was immensly brave to battle with this illness for so long. My thoughts are with you All the best to you Mike and Maggy, my love goes out to you, I hope you have found peace. xx Nicole (Latham Blumberg) Dear Mike,

I am so sad to hear that Maggy has left us. I knew her when we were both at school together, Queenswood, from the age of 9 to 15. I recently started to work for Ruth at the London Workshop company and Maggy saw my name on the session leaders list and called me up. It was so wonderful to hear from her after all those years, she sounded so happy when I spoke to her. She spoke a lot about being married - it feels now in retrospect that she felt it was a great achievment (if that doesn’t sound too strange a thing to say?) and that she was so proud to be married.

We were brilliant friends at school, particularly in the later years. We had our ups and downs to begin with, but we were only nine and thrown into this crazy boarding school life with family scattered all over the world and little to anchor us or to help us find a balance. But I think that is what made us friends in the end.

My family remember Maggy as this dark curly haired bundle of cheekiness and questions, and I remember her as my friend who adored exploring life by grabbing it head on and by dodging it with her imagination. We sadly lost contact after I left Queenswood at 15, and I was so excited to hear from Maggy again.

I can only imagine how you must be feeling at the moment, and I would love to talk with you and share my memories of Maggy from when we were young. Please do email me anytime on nicole@audiobalm.com

Ruth has told me that she is hoping to put together an event to celebrate Maggy and to raise money for a charity of your choice. I am hoping to play at the event (I am a musician and play in a band) so perhaps we will meet up. I have a song that I think Maggy would have liked, and I hope you don’t mind but I would like to write the lyrics for you, for Maggy. The song is called Broken…

Broken

Well there are two of me
One for myself and one for all to see
And you may think your verbal strikes you fling at me
Will hurt
But it’s not me they hit you see
Oh, I’m once removed from myself
I’ve left a piece for you, and I’m cloaked from view
And impervious to hurt

When I am broken
I can glue myself together
With a lack of emotion
Yes I can

Well I bruise easily
But now, there’s not one blemish on me
Since i created for myself an effigy
To take
The blame and pain for me
Oh, I’m once removed from myself
I left a piece for you
And I’m torn in two and impervious to hurt

When I am broken
I can glue myself together
With a lack of emotion
Yes when I am broken
I can glue myself together
With a lack of emotion

Yes I can

(I would love to send you a copy of the song if you would like to hear it.)

I am absolutely astounded by the artwork you have up on this site. I looked through it all with total wonder. I didn’t know Maggy at all in our adult life, but the pictures resonate with everything I remember about her. It is like violence and vibrance go together hand in hand, like Maggy was able to see the humour and the beauty through the blackness. I think she was immensly brave to battle with this illness for so long.

My thoughts are with you

All the best to you Mike

and Maggy, my love goes out to you, I hope you have found peace.

xx Nicole (Latham Blumberg)

]]> Comment on Update: Burial arrangements by Kym http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-10 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:44:22 +0000 http://www.pardonmybipolar.com/blog/kimberleys-thoughts/update-burial-arrangements.html/#comment-10 Hi Mike, I came across this website while researching more about my own illness. I as well suffer from bipolar, and currently struggling to overcome a depressive state. I am very sorry for your loss, as well as the family and friends of Kim's. I won't pretend to give knowledge to your pain right now, but i fully understand how terrible this disease is. I can only hope to stay focused, and access everything and everyone i possibly can. Again, Mike, I am deeply sorry. I know those sound like empty words, yet I truly, with all my heart hope you will explore happiness, and share with someone your experiences. This will help others, as well as you. Wishing you Enough, Kym.. Hi Mike,

I came across this website while researching more about my own illness. I as well suffer from bipolar, and currently struggling to overcome a depressive state. I am very sorry for your loss, as well as the family and friends of Kim’s. I won’t pretend to give knowledge to your pain right now, but i fully understand how terrible this disease is. I can only hope to stay focused, and access everything and everyone i possibly can. Again, Mike, I am deeply sorry. I know those sound like empty words, yet I truly, with all my heart hope you will explore happiness, and share with someone your experiences. This will help others, as well as you.

Wishing you Enough,

Kym..

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