(Ab)normal service is resumed
It's been almost a year since I wrote my last blog post. I was in a particularly dark place thinking about Jon's birthday at the time. He should have been 50; he wasn't. Now, in the blink of an eye, he would almost be 51. Anyway, this post is going to be more positive. That's not to say that the pain of losing my favourite person (my 'heart's best treasure') has gone away but we have learned to live with it and life has continued albeit in a sort of small, half life, kind of way. I described myself as 'being over the worst' to a friend the other day and she gave me a look which said 'don't be silly'. I guess I meant that things aren't quite so raw. That there is some sort of new normality that we have settled into and even though I hate being without Jon, I am still here and my children are safe and well. That is something to be very grateful for. A lot has changed in the last year. Robin, the Cavalier King Charles we got th