Well here we are, 10 years on, and I have, much to my surprise in those early years, survived. Sadly, of course, I have not found lasting happiness, but there is time for that, so I tell myself.
I made this sad little slide show in August 2008, partly as a way to teach myself to use the application, but also as a way to try and vent my raw, desperate feelings. I've always kept it, and rarely shown it, partly because it is very rough round the edges, and partly because it is a personal salute to the life I lost. However, fingers crossed my life is about to change again, and, fingers even more firmly crossed plus prayers, for the better. Who knows? My problems are quite small compared to the suffering even here on the streets of Norwich, with a roof over my head and enough money to feed and clothe myself adequately. It would be nice to find a new happy ever after, which seems as much of an impossibility as James leaving me all those years ago, so there has to be hope.
I have survived, some might say I have even thrived, and that is to be celebrated in these dark days of winter.
