Hope that things are going more positively. We’ve put my wife’s ashes in an urn in the living room so she’s still available for family discussions etc. The idea is to keep them there until the ids can mix her ashes with mine and scatter them together somewhere the kids think will be suitable.
Sorry that it hasn’t been scooter weather recently. Here It’s got to the point where I may well have to bring in a professional hedger as the garden is becoming more and more over grown, not so much the lopping itself but the problem of getting the loppings themselves taken away somewhere.
Ii was my younger daughter’s birthday yesterday and I got the present (cash transferedd to
Please regard this as phase 2 of the email, phase 1 having been sent in advertently! I was impressed by the mountaineering, good for you. I have climbed Scawfel Pike but it was many years ago, I was about 16 years old with the the school’s army cadet force. Once again good for you and keep up the good work!
@mikes
Good to hear from you mate.
Just taking whatever each day throws at me my friend.
I have recently had the same discussion with both my Son & Daughter about the ashes situation & i have the same feelings, i will keep my Anna with me until my time comes & our ashes can both be mixed together, they can then decide where they want to place us, as long as we are together i don’t care.
Funnily enough one of my neighbours at the back of where i live has a hedge that has got way out of control & is literally blocking the whole pathway that i use to get to & from my garage when I’m going out on my Scooters, luckily they have been out & cut it back considerably today so that’s saved me having to go & have a moan at them, access is much better now.
Yes i was very proud of myself managing to get to the top of Snowdonia although i know Scafell Pike will present a much tougher challenge.
I attended my first session today of a group called Stepping Stones that is run by the local Hospice that cared for my wife Anna, it’s open to people that have had people they have lost cared for by their facility & is a sort of informal gathering every second Saturday of the month for 2 hours to share experiences since bereavement, i was a bit apprehensive to be quiet honest & was considering giving it a miss but my Son came this morning & convinced me to give it a go, in a way I’m glad i did really, it was good to share things with others going through the same situation, it seemed a bit odd at first sitting in a room with total strangers but after a while everyone engaged & had a really good chat. I was unsure at first whether or not it was for me but it wasn’t anything like I’d expected so i will attend again next month & see how it goes from there.
I hope you’re still giving the Coffee mornings a go, these sessions are a bit like one of those, cuppa & a chat type of scenario.
I’ve managed to get out for a spin on the old Scooters a couple of times recently & found that quite enjoyable after not being out for a long time, hopefully the weather stays kind & i can get out more frequently.
Take care of yourself Mike & drop me a message back anytime mate
