This year has been our worst ever
.
Husband diagnosed with a melanoma.
Friend committed suicide on January 4, this has had some truly awful implications and through business and friendship we have been very involved
Covid then arrived and wiped out my income overnight, I am self employed, no help is available.
Our tenant in a house we let said he was leaving.
My mother died ( narcissist) she left me with nothing ( this was not a surprise ) but left a will that could have caused big trouble between our children.
Thankfully they liaised and came up with an amicable solution.
Our holiday company have gone bust owing us for 2 holidays.
My husband has the all clear after 2 lots of surgery.
The suicide has made us reevaluate our life and given us some clarity.
We have also become much closer to some acquaintances through the tragedy, turned out we have loads in common and are becoming good friends.
Lockdown has been wonderful in so many ways, we’ve learnt new skills, become fitter, stopped socialising with people we really don’t want to see?.
Our home and garden are in tip-top shape and we have loved our time together.
I have managed without my income, I will hope it returns next year but if not I will find an alternative.
Our tenant is still paying us rent as he is living and working from his home in another country but decided he wanted to hang on to the house.
He now has a colleague living in our house who is paying us a great rate to service the accommodation. This really is a win win!!
Being free of my mother is liberating, a dark cloud has lifted.
My children will now have some extra cash, they all work very hard and really deserve it.
Now the holidays, we have decided to drive across Germany with some stops to visit our youngest son in Prague.
We will stay in Prague then go to Karlovy Vary and possibly then to Lipno.
I’m really excited at the prospect of a road trip and no airports.
If I had been told in December 2019 what lay ahead I would have been terrified of facing the obstacles.
We came through it.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Am I right?
