Had a text from a friend i made on here and it has prompted me to look back in... so hi everyone :) Smiling a lot more now... I have cracked on with the refurbishing of my grans old place and moved in a couple of weeks ago. Had a week in Spain with some friends, fishing in the mountains... cold, wet and miserable most of the time but had fun and it was the escape i needed. Then bang.... I met this lovely lady and totally out of the blue my life has changed for the better. She motivates me with the house refurb, has helped me smile and... is there to talk to and listen. Did not

well ITs palm tree has finally gone, got home from work this afternoon thought id attempt it again, no chance, so waited for my son to come home from school, so 2 1/2 hours later, 4 cups of tea, one broken garden fork, one large hole in my garden, its finally gone, i can now look out onto my garden and see no trace of IT, (cant see ITs crap in the loft, weekend job that one) all gone, no doubt ill get a text in maybe a years time that IT wants it back, but tough. and treated myself today to a sparkly new bucket and sponge !! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Well that was one of the best weekends we''ve all had for a long,long time . The kids both made a miraculous recovery ! and Saturday was party day with a bungee run and 15 14 year olds plus my 10 yr old . They looked so happy and just proved to me that we don''t need Him and that it wouldn''t have happened if He had still been here as He hated going to see my sister . Following on from a thread on the forum , my sister said how she had noticed me change over the years and how He appeared controlling and I always seemed on edge ,whereas now I seem back to my old fun self.Was it Him ,or was