Fab, Feisty and Sixty (ish)

they say everything comes to an end, and we all know this to be true. In nature and life we go through cycles ad infinitum, the thing of it is we know this, but the living of it sometimes is more than difficult. each cycle, like the seasons, renew and end and mostly we hardly notice as the joins are seemingly inviisible. It's only with retrospect and perspective can we look back and see where those turns and bends in our roads actually took place. The mistakes made bad choices wrong decisions. often times we don't bother with regret just the knowing is enough. We roll our proverbial sleeves up and plod on, and on... In the last twelve months, the bends, sharp corners and blind summits have been obvious. Every step of the way has been painful. Most of the year has been utterly out of my control and I have just had to follow through, masking the pain, sadness and the fear. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. Not something I wanted to think about. In...

I have given a lot of thinking time to this post, but as I don't seem to be able to arrange the words in the right order, I'm just typing and letting it flow.. Many of you will have read today's sad post on Mum/Moannie's Blog, for those who have not I am sorry to have to tell you that Mum passed away on Monday evening. She is at peace and no longer suffering and for that my family and I are grateful. The loss is overwhelming. Mums blog will remain online indefinitely and if anyone comments or asks a question we will be monitoring it and try our best to respond. The View from this End is a fitting tribute to Mum's spirit, humour, courage and character and for that reason alone we shall keep it 'live'. Of course for the family it is also a special place where we very much feel she is there. Thank you also for all the tributes, cards and gifts, we cannot thank you enough. Much love Mum, always,               Saz x I have...