My life changed completely when…My husband, Steve Marsden died in 2017.

If you've found this blog by googling words like grief, loss and suffering, you’re probably going through a hard time, perhaps you've lost someone close to you, maybe you've split from your partner or life has just changed for you in some profound way.

I hope this blog will inspire you to keep going and to try different things. I certainly have over the last 5 years.

I'm fully embracing the idea of life's plot twists. In my story I tell myself I'm not the victim instead I’m the author of a rather interesting novel.

My Story

I'm a 60 something woman whose lifelong partner, lover, soul mate and father to my 3 children died in 2017. We had a love affair that lasted for 46 years and 1 day. We met on 27th February 1971, Steve, aka My Rock, died on 28th February 2017. I hold onto the fact that he never stopped loving me until he took his last breath.

I can't be sure when I decided to shift my mindset to focus on everything I have rather than what I've lost. Perhaps it was when I was preparing to talk about our love at Steve's Wake. But this shift was a game changer for me and is still important to this today. Of course, during the last 5 years, I've been overwhelmed by sadness at key anniversaries and there've been times when my grief has hit me like a tsunami wave but I've become resilient, I've embraced a new life, a preloved one.

My blog may not solve all your problems but hopefully, you'll see how I've embraced my new life. You'll never catch me feeling sorry for myself, I have a new perspective, I feel fortunate that I still have a life to live. I will always remember Steve and our incredible life together, his amazing love has powered me on each day and he'll often get a mention in my blog.
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For more information about my story, check out this newspaper article 

#MyPrelovedLife : 3/9/18