Doreen, how are you doing today? A tough weekend for you. xx
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Goodnight all,
Wishing everyone a peaceful night.
Doreen hope you are hanging in there. 
Siobhan
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Goodnight all
Linda thanks for the candle
Iām a bit late most of you are probably already asleep
My friend phoned, her Mum has been taken to hospital and we chatted for about an hour
Sleep well everyone
Catch-up tomorrow
Liz x x 
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Just wanted to chip in my tuppence worth on how i feel going into the 2nd year or whatever time scale you use, for me, nothing is going to be worse than this last year, our minds and bodies are programmed to protect us the best way it can, I certainly believe this, the intensity and overwhelming thoughts, feelings, desperation and disbelief, get blocked, blanked or even forgotten, functioning, just on auto pilot, Iām not talking about forgetting the details and pain but the emotions and feelings are tempered - natures way of protecting us from severe mental and physical breakdown or even worse, sometimes I cannot believe I experienced the trauma that I wrote about at the time, now sometime later we are experiencing a different set of feelings, for me it is the loneliness, the fear of the future, the realisation that my happy life has suddenly changed, all the little things that we used to do and now we cannot, our minds donāt need to protect us so much from these, they are a little less dangerous so we are perhaps more aware, our senses are not so dulled? so we feel this is even worse, even a different kind of worse, itās going to be bloody hard but for me it never will be like that first āyearā,
Apologies, not really a good subject for this time of night, I hope everyone gets as good a night as possible.
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Morning. Looks like another sunny day.
Hope everyone managed to get some sleep.
Xx
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Morning everyone. The start of a hot week.
Wordle in 3.
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Morning all
Nigel very well said and it really hit home with me. Thanks for articulating what I have been feeling and probably others too.
Sandra I slept well but work and counselling today so not in a positive mind frame. Plus cold still lingering. But supposed to be sunny here too
Liz sorry to hear about your friends mum.
Siobhan
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Wordle 4. Waffle 2 stars
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Morning,
Sunny but a bit chilly.
Stomach problems early hours.
Mr F snacks at 5.15 AND 5.45 
Still got some sleep.
Tea 1 and Waffle 3.
Wordle here I come
Wishing everyone the best day possible.
Good luck today Siobhan xx
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Wordle 4, connections next.
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Nigel, how well you put what I am feeling. The loneliness, fear of the future. The loss of all weād planned. Just missing being with the one I love. Thatās exactly what I feel and perhaps why Iāve been worse recently than a month or so ago.
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Morning all.
Liz about your friends mum. Good she has you to talk things over with.
Waffle two stars wordle on 6th go!
Sandra is really hot already here. Going to be a hot day.
Siobhan sounds like there are several of us feeling exactly as Nigel described.
Linda Iām just off to try connections.
Going to have morning coffee with āthe old peopleā 
well a few years older than me anyway.
Have the best day possible all.
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Well that was the easiest connections Iāve done in ages. I knew what all the words meant which helps.
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Same here, 
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Yes, me too!
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Hi, update on the friendsā outing situation.
I think I mentioned I suggested meeting up at a local coffee shop on Wednesday and I would wait there for my 2 friends.
Friend 1 just phoned friend 2 (wheelchair). She told her about the coffee shop and she said she was up for it. She repeated the time and said she phoned earlier so the carer could be cancelled in plenty of time. F2 said she probably would not cancel the care. So she repeated the time. F2 reluctantly said she would cancel the care.
I have my doubts.
Anyway, F1 is still meeting me whether she is alone or not.
I have said I would not be surprised if she finds an excuse not to use the electric chair, for example not charged. Itās a shame if she does that and puts F1 in a difficult situation, does she push her or refuse to. Oh dear.
Anyway, up to them.
So we will see xx
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Good morning everyone
Iām so late up today, I just kept turning o er and going back to sleep instead of getting up.
I reluctantly did eventually abd stripped the bed.
So here I am almost 10.30 and all Iāve done is stripped the bed and made a cup of teaš¤¦š»āāļø
I havent even done Wordle and Waffle yet.
Its a beautiful and very warm morning. I have gardening to do, well as much as I can
Nigel a very good insight into what we are feeling.
Linda I hope F2 sees some sense
Siobhan I hope work goes ok
Lucy enjoy your time with the āoldā people lol 
Sandra abd Kathy I hope the warmer weather will help with your pain
I hope everyone else is ok
Lovecand hugs to you all
Liz x x
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Brain definitely not awake this morning.
Wordle 5, Waffle total failure,
Not helped by not being able to spell this morning.
I think I left my brain in bed 
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Good morning Liz
So far ok but not really enjoying work these days and my boss is really busy. Normally I would speak with her more often.
Linda good luck with your friends.
Lucy you remind me of my mum which is a positive thing. Re āold peopleā. She said that when she moved into a retirement home. Showed she was still young at heart.
Siobhan
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Hi Siobhan
Glad youāre, ok if only just ok
Re old people
A friend suggested we went to the Seniors lunch club
I have no intention of going for lunch with a load of old people.
I might be old, but not in my brain!!
Iām probably very deluded, but I will help old people, but I resist becoming one 
Love and hugs
Liz x x
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