Saying hello for the first time
Watch this postHello, I am 64 and live in the next city of culture. I would like to make new friends and maybe become a pen pal. After having to leave work for health reasons, it is shocking how isolated you feel and how difficult it is to involve yourself in groups when you do not drive and cannot get to meet ups. I feel I am in a black hole. So I am reaching out to people who are maybe in the same boat. I like reading, i have two rescue cats, started a new interest in photography (nothing fancy). Look forward to hopefully hearing from some of you. Thank you for reading.
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I am interested in photography. I am active in our church. I like to travel especially on cruises, and I like to write. I volunteer to teach reading. So, enough about me. I look forward to hearing from some of you.
There's a lovely poem by David Harkins which my niece read at my dear Mum's funeral which may give you some solace:
She Is Gone
You can shed tears that she is gone
Or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
Or you can be full of the love that you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her and only that she is gone
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
Kind regards,
Carole
Do let us know what the lunch-club is like - hope you find lots of like-minded new friends. By the way, where is the next city of culture - I can't see anything on Google!