Bumps in the road!
Reading my earlier posts I talk about getting fit and generally looking after my physically health. I am still "working" on that! I realise actually, more than ever, how important this is. There is a very important link between our physical and mental health.
I have had a few of those major changes in life in the last five years. I have moved country and I have lost two of the most important people in my life, my parents. I have struggled during this time with coming to terms with my life as it is now, together with menopausal symptoms and a brush with breast cancer. I have really missed having friends and family around to lean on. It has been tough 😯😵
I think I am seeing light in the tunnel at moment - it has been a long time coming... As people say it is life, that it is all part of the journey and as banal as that sounds I am finding it is so apt. We do have to control how we negotiate and react to the twists, turns, bumps, hills, scenic routes along the way. I heard a really good tip recently, ask yourself will this matter in five years time? Usually it doesn't - really try it! My darling mother said to me during her illness, "this is my life now" - she was accepting of what became her fate but she reacted to it with her usual good humour. She was a joy even in the last days of her life in a hospital bed. She is my inspiration and strength.
I have a teenager now and although I have to be strict about balancing study, music practice, socialising and family time. I am trying to be like my Mum and do it with balance and humour - easier said than done most of the time! However, like exercise sometimes you don't feel like it but it is good for oneself and everyone in the house when I do!
A photo of me and my darling Mum, my inspiration. Also a couple of the stars of my summer garden;
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I have had a few of those major changes in life in the last five years. I have moved country and I have lost two of the most important people in my life, my parents. I have struggled during this time with coming to terms with my life as it is now, together with menopausal symptoms and a brush with breast cancer. I have really missed having friends and family around to lean on. It has been tough 😯😵
I think I am seeing light in the tunnel at moment - it has been a long time coming... As people say it is life, that it is all part of the journey and as banal as that sounds I am finding it is so apt. We do have to control how we negotiate and react to the twists, turns, bumps, hills, scenic routes along the way. I heard a really good tip recently, ask yourself will this matter in five years time? Usually it doesn't - really try it! My darling mother said to me during her illness, "this is my life now" - she was accepting of what became her fate but she reacted to it with her usual good humour. She was a joy even in the last days of her life in a hospital bed. She is my inspiration and strength.
I have a teenager now and although I have to be strict about balancing study, music practice, socialising and family time. I am trying to be like my Mum and do it with balance and humour - easier said than done most of the time! However, like exercise sometimes you don't feel like it but it is good for oneself and everyone in the house when I do!
A photo of me and my darling Mum, my inspiration. Also a couple of the stars of my summer garden;
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