Autumn has arrived

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:17:19 +0200

I don't know about anyone else but I always feel sad when the nights are drawing in, the curtains get drawn earlier and earlier the lights go on and the electricity bill goes up!

My youngest daughter will soon be going back to Uni to start her second year at med school and my eldest daughter will soon be setting up home down south with her boyfriend. I am not suffering from "empty nest" syndrome as they have both really left already. I suppose that the most important thing is that they will always want to come back here to see me for as long as I'm around.

My main wish is that they will be happy in their lives, that they will be loved, respected, feel fulfilled and will both one day realise the joys (and heartaches)of being a parent. One day too they will understand my protective tigress type attitude towards their welfare. It is hard not to be or at least want to be protective but at the same time you have to let them make their own mistakes, painful as they sometimes are but it is all part of life's rich cycle (corny I know, but true).

I wish them all the happiness life can bring and one day they will understand why parents act like they do. We are strange creatures just like them!

Meanwhile, I look forward to lighting fires and curling up on winter evenings. You have to look forward to it at the end of the day. One of these days I will get round to reading a good book.

More of this later.

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Doesn't time fly!

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:59:54 +0200

Well here goes! I have been promising myself I would start writing a blog but just never seemed to get round to it. I suppose I really want to hear if others share my views on life and I hope that I can write enough that is interesting to inspire others to comment!!?

Does life speed up the older you get or is it just me!? I find myself trying to slow it down a bit and smell the roses but life gets in the way every time.

One good reason for wanting to write regularly in a blog is to see just how many of "Us" there are out there - by that I mean women suffering from cancer. I know that there are hundreds of thousands suffering like myself from something that seems to take control of your life and who wish they could regain control. Let me know if you have the answer to that one.

I am on a rare break in the chemotherapy at the moment but know that before long I shall be back on some form of treatment. I know that I should relish not feeling nauseous but then we all take life for granted at some time or another.

This first blog is to see if I get any response from anyone who may be "listening" out there! I plan to contribute regularly and promise to make the next one worth reading!!

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lifeinaspin

Autumn has arrived

Doesn't time fly!