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Some may call it a midlife crisis..

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I call it an awakening!  Coasting through life thinking everything that happens to you is 'normal' isn't always the case and eventually we wake up and see the truth. At that moment, you have to make a choice. You can either except your reality and live with that or you can hope for better and choose to leave and start again. I won't go into details of what happened to me, I'm not one to air my dirty laundry in public, I never have and I never will. There's 2 sides to every story and I choose to hold onto mine, for now anyway. Over the past 2 years, there's been struggles and I've had to learn to love myself again. One of the things I've struggled with is my hair colour, I'd forgotten which colour I actually like and want. I've been many shades of blonde and brunette, pinks and combinations of both at times. My hair is what helps me to feel good about myself, so why am I constantly changing it? I'm not sure if it's boredom, an expressi...
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I'm Back..

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Hi, it's been a while but I'm back, it's Christine, with a brand new blog.  You may remember me from Mummy of 3 Diaries which was my baby for 10 years but a lot has changed since those days and it was time to start over. My children are all grown up now, maturing into beautiful young adults and enjoying adventures of their own.  And me? Well, my health went down hill after the dreaded C virus, my relationship changed (I got married and then I got divorced) and I downsized out of the family home of 22 years to start again. So yeah, you can say that my life looks completely different now, but different isn't all bad. Growing up I would often hear the phrase "Life begins at 40" and would laugh out loud BUT now I totally get it. Life doesn't end when we get older, we live and learn, we grow wiser and learn a lot about ourselves and learn to put our needs first eventually - which is what happened to me. When my marriage ended and my life turned upside down, I d...
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