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Saying Hello - at last!

Hello Everyone! I joined the site last January - but was travelling on an emotional rollercoaster at the time, and found it difficult to interact/socialise with folk for a while. However, life is beginning to improve a bit now - so I decided it's time to become a bit more positive and venture slightly further than Facebook! Briefly - my husband passed away after a short illness just before Christmas 2015, I had to sort out and move home within the next 2 months (while recovering from a major operation), and I hit 60 in June; so it's been a bit of a year! I now live in Derby - and although I have become involved in a few local activities, it would be nice to make some local friends who'd be happy to occasionally meet up for coffee and cake, go to the theatre/cinema or similar!! Although I'm happy to talk to anyone from anywhere online! I have 2 grown up daughters but no grandchildren (yet - I live in hope!) - and a variety of health issues that I try to forget about, although mobility can be a bit of a problem at the moment. I'm trying to improve my life a bit, one step at a time. I have loads of interests and opinions on many things - but am always ready to consider other people's views, although I'm essentially a 'people before profit' sort of person, and a great believer in fairness and social justice. But I dislike extremes of all kinds - so be prepared to compromise if you have very fixed ideas!!!! Hopefully, there will be someone out there looking for a friend like me - so please get in touch if anything I've said is of any interest to you 🙂


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Sparkle15
20th Oct 2016 00:24:52 (Last activity: 22nd Oct 2016 00:22:51)
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Hi Annalina , i have recently joined this site so just working it out, i too lost my partner before Christmas 2015, and i turned 60 in Jan and like you am trying to get back to sorting my life out ! i found i lost interest in life but it goes on so i do my card crafting and take myself off to the Cinema now and then , am not working as yet after being a carer for my partner i seemed to loose confidence looking for work so am going to do some volantry for now !, i have 1 daughter and 2 grandsons . I do have my health problems , unfortunatly i live in Newcastle so cant meet so just talk on here.
Response from AnnalinaX Original Poster made on 20th Oct 2016 17:10:40
Hello Sparkle - nice to hear from you
Well, we certainly have something in common - including the after effects from losing our partners. I've felt very demotivated - and tired a lot of the time - so I'm very impressed you've managed to go to the cinema! I've recently started to get involved in stuff outside my home - and have recently started doing some voluntary work, although i'm still shadowing at the moment and trying to improve my confidence which has fallen through the floorboards over the past few years. It will improve - eventually!
And i'm also a bit 'crafty' - although that's become another a victim to my Couch Potato existence! I'm getting back into doing stuff by colouring 'Mindfulness Books' - which is helping a bit. And i've become a WASPI Woman - which makes me feel as if i'm doing something useful to help others as well as myself!
it's a pity you live so far from me - but i'm happy to be virtual friends, and am delighted to have found someone else born in the same year as me!
Am looking forward to getting to know you more as time moves on!
Best wishes - Anna
Response from Sparkle15 made on 22nd Oct 2016 00:22:51
Hello Anna , how you doing ? thanks for your reply , i know the feeling about being demotivated especially when you loose the love of your life and not having them around to , how i miss him , i still cry and sometimes forget hes not in my life anymore !! but i have to keep going even though life seems so lonely at times ! i dont have the money to go far and at times feel people forget how you feel and dont bother much thinking i must be doing ok on my own , am looking to do voluntry work and get back to meeting people , i am quite a shy person so not used to being around a lot of people so need to get my confidence up ! how are things going in your new home ? as you mentioned you had moved and been through an operation ! i hope you be ok , do you see much of your daughters , my daughter works full time so i cant always rely on to take me out in her car for shopping etc. i own my own house at least no mortgage to worry about but still have all the other bills. I feel am rattling in it as its 3 bedroom , may get a Lodger in ha ha ! anyway take care i look forward to chatting soon . Jennifer xx

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