Black dog gang 2..

Hi all x

I am upset, a friend, she lives in Cornwall, phoned me today .

She is undergoing chemotherapy, two weeks ago she was dozing in her living room, fancied a cup of tea so went to her garage to ask her husband if he wanted a cuppa, he was working on his car, the car fell on him , he was dead.

She was very dependent on him, is waking in the night frightened , took ages to explain to her she is suffering shock and grief. So sad. Her only son lives in America. I wish I could visit her but impossible.

Just needed to share x

Both nannys - a lot to cope with, sympathy from me.

Good luck all with the mindfulness, if it works for you I might give it another go.

A silly little thing but it seems to lighten my mood sometimes. DH and I have reached the age of answering the TV, not always pleasantly and sometimes quite critically. At other times we pick up a phrase and use it for fun. Last night's Poldark gave us a new one, we have no idea what 'fettled fork' is but now we will eat with nothing else! When the family hears us they will think we have finally lost the plot! Sometimes they think we have been caught by predictive text but it is some word we have liked. Raining heavily is now 'persisting down'. Second childhood? Probably

The book I’m reading is Ruby Wax how to be human. Like Doole says there are many videos, not sure how many books.

Had a lovely day out with my daughter son in law and grandchildren yesterday, Fountains Abby beautiful place. Very tied today but well worth it...

Ah annie my beautiful little Marshall is settling in so well. Hes a ray of sunshine.

Joce that is great, keep it up x

Evening all I am loving the mindfulness. Just hope it lasts

Hi annie there are many videos of her. The one I watched was called Ruby Wax on mindfullness it had The school of life as a name in the corner. If you are interested, the book I got on kindle is also available as an audio book.

Sleep well one and all x

Hello stcherinewt I play Words With Friends with my younger daughter and get so cross with some words which are allowed

Hi all x

nanny28, weddings can be stressful, it will pass x

Doodle, on uTube ? I shall watch to morrow x

nanny25, perhaps a visit to your GP, possibly depression, how is the new arrival settling in ? X

I play Words With Friends with my younger daughter and get rather annoyed at some of the words allowed . I listen to

Thank you eilyann your kindness is much appreciated. ?

Not a good afternoon again I cant stop the tears falling. I am missing babycakes so much today

Doodle My DD2 the one I told you about, is a great fan of Ruby Wax and Mindfulness. I do hope it works for you. You and your GS are in my prayers every day.

And the dog keeps barking at me because she wants a walk! She’s had a quick walk with DH at 6am and DD is coming later this afternoon to walk her.

There’s nowhere close enough. Hate being stuck in and DH is working all day. On the plus side I’ve managed to shower unaided today for the first time since the plaster.

hi all...annie some great news for you how lovely how is everyone today. I,m a bit overwhelmed today with the state of my house and the amount of washing i have to do. i always feel like i have to do everything in one day....

aww nanny from one nanny and dog lover to another. Is there a grass area near you where you can take dogs to play? sometimes just seeing that cheers me up no end xx

Feeling really low after breaking my foot and starting a new job within days of each other. Physically and mentally exhausted ? got DD wedding this Saturday and keep getting tearful about how I’m going to manage. Also got DM and DD coming to stay for wedding. My usual stress release is taking the dog for a long walk. Haven’t felt this low in ages.

joce since you mentioned Ruby Wax I watched a video of her on YouTube about mindfulness. It made more sense than a lot of stuff I’ve watched so I decided to have a go myself. I bought the kindle version of a mindfulness guide for the frazzled and started reading it today. I have done day one of the six week course.
I am combining it with trusting in Jesus to look after my DGS and praying the Do not be anxious about anything prayer.
Hope it helps.

Hi all x

Yes nonnie better to try and sometimes fail than not try at all. I didn’t ask the physiotherapy dept for treatment just advice and what a surprise I got ?

Joce do let us know how ‘mindfulness ‘ goes for you.

Dawn to go on holiday whilst struggling with anxiety ?

I can’t find the courage to go back to my beloved New Quay,
58 miles .

Hope you enjoyed it Dawn. I find it hard to go and then yes anticlimax coming back, always glad to get home got to be honest.. hope every on is having a good evening. Think I might have half hour in hot tub see if helps me chill a bit..

Yes dawn I do too. Pleased to be home but back to reality

Hi everyone
Hope everyone is doing well today. I made it back from my holiday. There is often a bit of an anticlimax until you settle back in again. Has anyone else found that?
All the best from Dawn

Well done annie all you had to do was ask. Shame some of us never think to do that but the worst that can happen is that someone will say no. Maybe I should apply that to my life, try it and if it fails just remember that at least I tried. Thanks

Aww Annie that’s brilliant news, how long will you have to wait for them to come to you.. hopefully not too long now