by Diane Holliday | Aug 24, 2024 | Relationships, Widowhood
If you have been in what you thought was a good relationship, and then your partner left you, the emotional pain is the same as bereavement, in fact, it could be worse. To be bereaved after years of life together being alone is always tough, and my programme for...
by Diane Holliday | Jul 21, 2024 | a spiritual life, Later life
If you are a fan of the film Oliver, you will know this, sung by Fagin…. “A man’s got a heart, hasn’t he? Joking apart — hasn’t he? And tho’ I’d be the first one to say that I wasn’t a saint… I’m finding it hard to...
by Diane Holliday | Feb 26, 2024 | Later life, Relationships, Widowhood
Coping with widowhood can be an immensely challenging journey for women, marked by emotional turbulence and profound adjustments. I have been widowed twice and it does not get any easier. As most of my readers will know my partner of ten years passed away last July,...
by Diane Holliday | Jan 15, 2024 | a spiritual life, blessings, Later life
I was posting on social media recently on regrets in a long life, whether it is part of seeing what we could have done better or guilt for what we did wrong. However we see it, regret is a lonely thing. The way I choose to look at is that it is that it has been a time...
by Diane Holliday | Oct 28, 2023 | a spiritual life, blessings
This is another aspect of my life and relationships, and a continuation of the story in last time’s blog. (Please read that one first if you missed it). When my husband Peter died, I was in pieces, and according to my family, I had been going downhill for a...
