It’s five years this week since I had to tell my children that their father had died suddenly Five years since I had to tell my sister-in-law that her brother had died suddenly Five years since I had to tell my mother-in-law that her son had died suddenly Five years since I had to tell my husband’s colleagues and friends that he had died suddenly He was the fittest and healthiest person I knew at the time: it was a total shock to everyone We all had to learn to navigate a new

We’re about to start the summer holiday season, just as it gets hot and sunny in the UK I’m not really a holiday person I have dogs who are very important to me because they’re consistent and devoted. And I have a garden that I care a lot about - right now it’s absolutely stunning - I’m very lucky So it wouldn’t really be great going away I think what I like is the idea of living every day - rather than the idea that we only relax and have fun when we leave our “normal” life

This totally stuck in my head. It’s completely obvious - a no brainer And yet I think most of us don’t realise it “How we spend our days is of course how we spend our life”. Not the life we planned : the life we are actually living I’ve just come back from another funeral. I wonderful goodbye to an amazing woman She lived her life every single day. So today the eulogy was easy - everyone knew what her life was because, to state the obvious, she was living it every day! It’s

I posted this first a few years ago. Every line is wonderful: My soul is in a hurry by Pedro Salinas I counted my years and discovered that I have less time to live from now on than I have lived so far ... I feel like that child who won a packet of sweets; The first ones he ate with pleasure, but, when he realized that few were left, he began to savour the rest more deeply. I no longer have time for endless meetings where statutes, rules, procedures and internal regulations a

Actually, I dont really need to write anything else Why do I care? The answer? Because I want everybody to be happy It’s really unrealistic, but I want all the same For me, happiness really means contentedness. Being content with life how it is And that means being authentic Being open and honest Which is really hard, because it means we assume everybody else is being authentic open and honest And if they aren’t able to be like that, for whatever reason, we get knocked down T

It’s been raining all day today, and we desperately need the rain But it’s still raining. And I still wish it wasn’t! It’s funny because life’s a bit like that We have time when everything’s going okay, and we don’t sort a notice it Then we have difficult times And gosh, do we notice them! But if it wasn’t for the hard bits, perhaps we wouldn’t appreciate the good bits That’s a hard thing to write because none of us want the bad bits I try to think of there being a lesson in

So now it’s over a year since I posted anything - sorry! It’s been a challenging year I thought someone was going to be in my life forever, but it turned out that I never really knew them They’ve been playing a game for at least a year and a half And a few weeks ago, it all became completely clear This stuff hurts It really hurts Not because I need someone new in my life. Or even someone that I’ve known for a while But because we think we know someone and then suddenly they l

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My soul is in a hurry by Pedro Salinas I counted my years and discovered that I have less time to live from now on than I have lived so...