Dinner with a new man
It has been exactly a year since my last post and nearly 2 since I wrote about my dinner with another man - https://www.learningtoliveaga...
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Sudha
- Jul 17, 2022
- 3 min
Can life get any shittier?!!
Another post after a long silence…. I can’t lie about it. Life is too hectic, stressful and downright shit. I find myself constantly...
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Sudha
- Jan 9, 2022
- 4 min
Christmas 2021 and New Year!
Where have the last 2 months gone? In a flurry of tears, laughter, worries and love. They have been the toughest I’ve been through in 2+...
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Sudha
- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
It is not just a photo…..
….It is a lifetime of memories and happiness. This photo was taken in 2018 when we were walking up the Alps on a trip to Montreux for a...
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Sudha
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
The deep pain that is loneliness
I have just walked into an empty house. A very empty and lonely house. Both the boys are out with friends for Halloween and staying over....
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Sudha
- Oct 26, 2021
- 4 min
Busy busy busy
This is becoming a habit. Long bouts of not posting anything and then coming with a string of reasons and excuses. Well….the pattern...
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Sudha
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
Dinner with another man
I had dinner with a lovely man today. First time since Paul went that I’ve been out with another gentleman. It was a very pleasant...
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Sudha
- Jul 25, 2021
- 4 min
What do you say to someone who is in hospital and unresponsive?
What do you say to someone who is in hospital and unresponsive? This was the conversation I had today with B whose dad is in hospital....
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Sudha
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Gina, my counsellor and my life coach
It has been ages since my last blog post and I have felt all sorts of emotions including guilt for not being active on my blog. I feel...
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Sudha
- May 9, 2021
- 5 min
Somewhere between struggling and surviving
I’ve lost track of time. Last few weeks are blurring into a summary line of tears, arguments, conversations, chores and constant guilt....
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Sudha
- Apr 5, 2021
- 2 min
Feeling like a failure
This last month has been a wake-up call. A wake-up call to put chores aside, to put trying to be the perfect person aside. I’ve been so...
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Sudha
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
Valentine's Day
I'm actually finding things harder second time around. There's a notion that 1st anniversaries are the hardest and once you get past...
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Sudha
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
The missing piece; a new milestone
Hi sweetheart, Tomorrow is going to be a big day for me......A really big one. Remember the puzzle I'm putting together now......and the...
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Sudha
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
The last piece of the puzzle
Well....not as dramatic or as clear-cut as 'the last piece'. But it certainly is a big piece of the puzzle. I love jigsaw puzzles....
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Sudha
- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Our youngest, my rock
I was sat on the sofa this evening after dinner just winding down and staring into space and unbeknownst to me, I was starting to get...
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Sudha
- Jan 19, 2021
- 5 min
A typical week - one year on
People say time is a healer. People say that with time life gets easier. It hasn't so far. One of the reasons I tend to write my blog...
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Sudha
- Jan 9, 2021
- 3 min
Wedding anniversary
Today is our 22nd wedding anniversary. My 2nd without Paul. Our last one together was our 20th anniversary in 2019 and we had an amazing...
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Sudha
- Jan 8, 2021
- 3 min
Tomatoes, Mushrooms and Tea bags
It was dinner time today and I was in a rush to cook dinner to feed our forever-starving teens. Decided to cook a simple dhal, cabbage...
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Sudha
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
Grief and guilt
I struggle. I suffer. I cry. I ache. I laugh. Then I get hit with an avalanche of guilt that I'm laughing. that I'm able to laugh,...
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Sudha
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
First Christmas without Paul
It is 4 o'clock Boxing Day evening and I've had a few texts today asking how our Christmas Day went. I'm in awe of the love people have...
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