I have started to love twitter, because of the community feel, the fact that despite working from home I never feel alone and also the power of it.
One of the community, is a wonderful lady called Susan Reynolds who found out that she had breast cancer. To ease the pain she used a bag of frozen peas. When her twitter friends found out, they changed their pictures to frozen peas, sent her messages of support and also raised money for charity. The Washington post picked up on the story – How Frozen Peas Started a Movement. It is worth reading …read more

It has been raining today and as I look out of the window I can see a beautiful rainbow. It made me think….
The rain is like our grief. Our tears flow and flow, our outlook feels dark with no sign of relief.
The rainbow is like our journey. It is a bridge to the future. The grief has caused us to change, it has brought out different emotions, different experiences that has caused us to grow as a human being, just like the array of colours in the sky.
The pot of gold is like our hope. We hope that with time …read more

Today I am going to meet up with 4 friends who I have known through all the highs and lows. Friends that are there whatever, friends that just take me as I am. I cannot wait. Normally, I don’t look forward to going out – I don’t like the feeling of being “single” but today is different.
I found myself smiling at the thought of a meet up and a lovely barbecue…no pressure just friends who care, can’t wait. I don’t know what I would have done without my friends over the last months….   

I have noticed that what I watch on the television and listen to, really affects my mood. You can often almost feed your depression and grief by watching tear jerker films or sad music. What I find is that if I do that, it feeds the depression and my desire to cry and feel down. What I find more productive is to watch uplifting stories, stories of hope and achievement. Stories and music that feeds the positive not the negative. I now am really careful about what I choose so that I am controlling my depression, instead of letting the …read more