An introduction

Today I find myself getting around to something that I've been thinking of doing for quite a while. I'm writing a blog post.

I set up this blog a few months ago. The urge to write again sort of crept up on me and I've been finding myself composing posts in my head more and more so I'm finally putting fingers to the keyboard!

A few months ago I wrote an introductory post... not my best, so thank goodness I'm old enough and wise enough to have some caution. So here is introductory post -version 2.3

Hello there,

Some people reading this will know who I am and others maybe won't.  I never write with an expectation that others read my words but it helps me to write as if I'm talking to someone.

I used to blog quite a bit back in the day when I was documenting a family move to the other side of the world and all that it entailed. That blog still exists - HERE  and I contemplated a bit of a resurrection. Instead, I decided that the past is a foreign country (beautiful quote from L.P. Hartley) and whilst I still technically have a foot in that foreign country I'm a different person with a different story.

It's a Winter Sunday where I am. The sky is not quite as blue as it usually is but it's warm and cosy. The internet radio is on (BBC Radio 2 in case you were wondering), there's a half drunk mug of coffee by my side and a snoring cat at my feet. It's very quiet.

Life is stable and happy now.

I retreated from blogging and a lot of the online world before I could write that sentence.

Lots has changed in my life and those changes happened over time. During the last couple of years my health was challenging my everyday life and resulted in pretty major surgery with months of recovery.

Family life changed and three became two. There's a bigger story to that but some of it isn't mine to tell...

Then to add to what was an incredibly stressful time, my work life also became disrupted and my position was made redundant. Throw in some parent ill health and close friends on the other side of the world going through tough times and it's been pretty rubbish!

Much of that is the past. I no longer wake in the middle of the night with a jaw so tight to leave teeth marks on my tongue and hands clenched to leave nail indentations in my palms! I'm beginning to see the things that I am grateful for again and I want to start documenting all of that. 

So here I am. There are a few more grey hairs to add to the collection and some lines that no amount of miracle wrinkle cream will fill but that's OK.

Looking forward, I have a new job that's pretty challenging but becoming more enjoyable.  I'm embracing the change to a small house despite the things that I still need to let go of as I can't fit everything in! My health is good and my girl is happy. Life is still throwing the odd curve ball and I do have to lift my rose coloured specs every now and again but that's just keeping it real!

Let's just see where this goes.....