Mother’s Day is a day on which I could easily feel sorry for myself. Because it’s one of those annual days of celebration that makes me feel a massive hole in my life. My mum died a few years ago, so I miss her being in my life more acutely on a day on which[…]
When is the first day of Spring? This is an important question as far as I’m concerned because I was born on the 21st of March. It was drummed into me as a child that this date importantly marked the first day of Spring: so my birthday fell on a special day in the calendar[…]
To be suddenly living alone and to be suddenly single can be overwhelming, leaving many people literally not knowing what to do with themselves, and how to cope in social situations where they had previously been in a couple. I’ve recently written an account of the circumstances in which I started to do things on[…]
Women living alone today are breaking the social stereotype mould. But can this continue in the UK? For International Women’s Day my blog this week focuses on and celebrates the fact that, in 2019, more and more women in western society are able to enjoy the freedom and choice to live alone. This is consistent[…]