! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.
So, it’s been almost two years since I posted here (apart from yesterday) and if I have any followers left I should probably explain.
About two and a half years ago my wife, Lesley, was diagnosed with cancer. It was stomach cancer and by the time it presented symptoms (trouble swallowing) it had spread to her throat and it was incurable. They told her she had a year so she proved them wrong and lasted a year and a half. She died on 2nd May last year after it spread to her brain and spine. It was mercifully quick.
Now I find myself a widowed parent of four with a full time job and politics has really taken something of a back seat this past year while I figure out what I’m going to do with my life. I’m still working on that.
I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your lovely wife.
The passing of significant loved ones takes time to get over, the loss over time transforms our outlook on life.
My thoughts are with you xx
Thank you. It’s been a difficult time but amazing family and friends have got me through it. Losing my father-in-law 6 months after my wife was a bit of a kick while I was down.