Category: WORDS
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FOUND AND LOST
What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)? Is love cool? I don’t feel like it is. I found out very late in life how real love feels, and no one was more surprised than me. Real love is wanting the happiness for the other person even if you have to stay on the…
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TIME on MY HANDS
Do you need time? A strange prompt. Time for what? Or is it about the need for more time? There’s nothing like retirement for making you realise that time is man made. There are days when you feel constantly on the go rushing around and then others where the day seems to just drag. The…
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THE OCEAN AND I AM BUT A DROP WITHIN
I feel the sand between my toes damp, cold, gritty and sharp as I walk towards the foam lying upon the sand. The waves mesmerising me, calling me forth to take one step and then another. Cold and afraid I walk towards my destiny. I am alone knowing that I am drawn to them just…
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A Feisty yet sweet little lass
Describe a family member. I was delighted to meet this wonderful little girl (and her equally lovely brother) in 2022. The grandchildren of a very dear friend and distant cousin of mine, they quickly stole my heart. You see prior to getting to know them, I always held the impression that American children were somewhat…
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MOVE COUNTRY
What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to? I would move to Texas at the drop of a hat, somehow I doubt they give greencards to pensioners. Something about that USA State really resonates. Their independence and can do attitude. Their kindness and friendliness, their support for the underdog. …
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THE HARMONY THERAPY TRUST
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? After I lost both my sisters and a niece to cancer I set up a charity to provide the financial means to provide free complementary therapy for NHS patients with cancer or other long term conditions. It started out as…
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LEAVING
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? By far it was finally getting up the courage to leave a marriage that I had invested 37 years of my life never admitting to myself that I was married to a controlling man who had narcissistic tendencies and that I had allowed it to…
