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What have I achieved on my Life List in 2017?
Updated on May 13th, 2024 Some may call it a Bucket List but I prefer the term Life List. I created mine in 2016 & since then it has given me a focus & a roadmap for moving life forward […]
Sue Cockell
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Facebook…or Fakebook?
Updated on January 30th, 2023Greek Island hopping with my sister Al – July 2015 I’m back! I’ve not posted anything for a while so I must be doing OK, right? I’ve definitely been busy as my Facebook persona demonstrates it regularly. The […]
A tribute to my Terry
Updated on January 30th, 2023It would have been Terry’s 55th birthday on Saturday (9th July) & to mark the date I have been sharing the tributes from his send-off. It’s taken me a while but today I feel ready to […]
Hitting The Wall
Updated on January 26th, 2023Hitting “The Wall”? Palma, Majorca – April 2009 Today (21st April 2016) marks my 15 year wedding anniversary and comes hot on the heels of the 16 month anniversary of losing Terry, my husband. On Sunday it’s […]
Mad Things I’ve Done While Grieving
Updated on January 26th, 2023Mad things I’ve done while Grieving Queenstown, New Zealand – March 1995 Grief is a very unpredictable state in my experience. Sometimes when the calendar tells you, you should be emotional, you’re not. Other times for […]
Being Something vs Being Everything
Updated on December 6th, 2022Being Everything, Malaga, Spain – May 2014 In my experience, there are very few people that you mean Everything to. These are your parents, your children (although they don’t always recognise this) & your husband, wife […]
A tribute to mothers in general (but mine in particular!)
Updated on January 26th, 2023My Mum, circa 1964 (ish) Last weekend marked 17 years since I lost my Mum & this weekend, with everyone celebrating Mother’s Day in the UK, it seemed an appropriate time to pay tribute to my […]
No Kids, No Pets, No Houseplants
Updated on December 6th, 2022No kids, no pets, no houseplants Las Vegas, July 2011 For many years this has been my mantra for avoiding responsibility & only made real sense to me when I was on a work session a […]
When is this going to stop?
Updated on January 26th, 2023Whistler Blackcomb, Canada – Jan 2015 Contrary to what you may think the title suggests, this is not a “woe is me” post about my situation, but the comment made by my cleaner when I told her before […]
First Christmas
Updated on December 6th, 2022First Christmas?……Second Christmas? Christmas 1998 Despite passing the year anniversary of losing Terry it still felt like the first Christmas to me, and again I put on my best performance & survived. It’s weird how your […]
