Do you ever get a day ?

I’m in one of those today. Started yesterday, I woke after a particularly vivid dream involving my ex-husband of nearly 40 years. I had seen photos of him at our granddaughter’s 18th birthday celebration - an event that me and DH weren’t invited to. I was quite weepy most of the day and it’s persisted today. I’m trying to keep occupied by reading and I intend to have a chat with DH later. He’s asleep after a night shift.
It’s good to know that others have episodes like this. I know it will pass but it’s painful while it’s hanging about. Best wishes to all in this situation- ‘tomorrow is another day!’ as Scarlet would say.

My mother is my role model and idol even though she passed over 20 year ago.She always said there is always someone worst off than you, and that is coming from a woman who contracted polio at 8 mths in 1916 and had to wear calipers all her life. In her fifties she had a fall and was in a coma for a week, she had the last rites as there seemed no hope but she came through again. Late fifties she was diagnosed with bowel cancer and nearly died in theatre as an artery was nipped and she needed 23 pints of blood before she was stabilised, she came through that and lived with a colostomy for 30 years. After that she had a stroke and lost her short term memory, but there was always some one worst off! My cup is always half full and I don’t waste time worrying about things I have no control over.

It's because we are human. Our lives are full of ups and downs. Some of us endure tragedy. Some are more sensitive than others I do believe. Onwards and upwards is the only way really. For me, being outdoors is what keeps me going. I think it is important to get outside every day even if it means walking in the rain.