Sunday, 6 June 2021
Life goes on!
This strange life continues....I suppose if this blog does not appear for a few days you could assume the worst...but right now...I am still here! Ive been out and strolled the garden and its not cold but rather dull..... no sun shines! I have sung a hymn with the radio and all seems well. One of my old friends goes home this week and I will miss him. Apart from that all is actually well. I have a Tesco shop booked for later today ....so I wont starve..but hell is this what life has now become? Drifting from one small upheaval to another? Its not how I ever imagined life would be like...but its because I am surviving...so far! My friends wife died just before David died...so we have had years to get used to the solitary life but at least he has children wheras mine have also gone ahead of me. I am not actually as gloomy as I sound...theres still alot to be thankful for. I live in the most beautful place in the world. And it is! I know I am a very fortunate woman in many ways...but this is not how I ever imagined life would become! But I can live with it! At least its not an old peoples home! Silly things now bother me....where has the cock gone for instance? I havnt seen or heard him for at least a week! The house next door has a new set of people in just now and I am getting used to that too...Old age isnt too bad if you can adapt to new circumstances easily and I am finding that I can! So on we go...me and my memories..my hopes and my dreams...they are all intact! Thank you God!
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You sound a mix of hope and nostalgia for times past. Which is natural as your memories are so fresh and vivid. I to am getting older 71? I never thought about being this old, it has crept up on me. My spouse is 69, nearly, and is finally thinking about retirement seriously, albeit, not quite yet. She is currently working two days a week and her bosses are saying that will increase to three or four once lockdown ends. They are being careful since her stroke last year as they have had to adapt the workplace and what she actually does to take account of her new disabilities. For instance she can no longer drive, so can't operate a fork lift truck, part of her former role. But she is active enough to cope with some minor manual work and office work, so her job is now a mix of both.
At least we are together and I have things to distract, like producing our Parish Magazine, which I will probably be giving up in a month or so, and if they don't find anyone to take it over, it will end. It takes a lot of work each month and I am finding it difficult to find the material to keep it interesting and timely. It would help if some people would produce content, but most seem reluctant to contribute. Time will tell.
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