Gratitude to Grans

It is a year since DH died. I have been thinking this morning how grateful I am to gransnet for helping to get me through this last year. Thank you for your posts which have made me laugh, made me cry and made me think. They have kept me connected to the outside world at a time when all I wanted to do was hibernate. Particular thanks to Mick for the Good Morning thread. I initially found waking up alone very difficult and being able to read those posts made me feel that other people were there, that I was not totally alone. Thank you also especially to Anno who met me on a day when I was completely frantic with househunting and had coffee with me which was a very calming influence. Thanks also to all of you who sent private messages and posts immediately after DH died. Some family and friends have been wonderful others have vanished completely from my life. The vanishers are not the people I would have expected to take that role . Also unexpected is that new friends have come into my life.