Agatha Christie said
“I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find – at the age of fifty, say – that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about…It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you.”
When we lose our spouse especially later in life, we can draw the conclusion that there is nothing left for us. Interestingly, my mum who was 78 this week has more hobbies and …read more

Am I the only one that struggles with weekends ? I think when you are grieving the weekends are often the hardest. During the week you can keep busy through work and then the weekends come…..and all the things that you used to do together, now don’t seem worthwhile.
Now I know that we should be able to go shopping or take a trip out to the countryside but I feel lonely because he is NOT there. We would laugh and make fun of each other, we would talk incessantly…..so doing those things just make me miss him more.
I wonder whether …read more