Once my husband had moved out, as soon as the landlord found out, he put the house up for sale, so I was now going to have inform the housing association about my change in circumstances, this added more pressure to find somewhere quickly that was suitable for our needs. I also visited my solicitor and started divorce proceedings on [...]
In the following week I had to think very carefully of what I was going to say to my husband and I chose my moment. The stress was unbelievable and I couldn't sleep thinking of it, I felt physically sick every time I laid eyes on him. My eldest daughter was doing her best to concentrate on her A levels [...]
In May 2010 my two children were having a dispute, which is a normal occurrence between siblings, my husband was asleep upstairs before going out to work night shift, my daughter who was 13 at the time ran upstairs to her room shouting as she went, all I heard was a scream and him shouting. I ran upstairs and she [...]
It all began around the year 2000 myself, husband & children had just moved to a new house in a new area. My husband had always had a volatile temper and seemed to be becoming worse, I had just started a new job as both of my children were now full time at school. My job involved going into clients homes Ironing, [...]
You will have heard it said but, until it happens to us we cannot fully accept it. We do not see it as it is. When we tell parts of your own life to others it doesn't feel like a privilege to have given it. When you are given a piece of another's life it feels just that, a privilege. Sometimes it [...]
Since writing my last entry in which I talked about the fourth task of mourning, I have continued to explore my thoughts and feelings, not only about how it feels to have a husband die, but also about the experience of putting what I thought and felt into words and then writing them down. I remembered in such detail the [...]