Got up after being knocked down

When my marriage ended due to having a nervous breakdown and deep depression over trying to run my own building maintenance business, lock stock and barrel with no help (long story), at the time I was living miles from my immediate family who helped me back from the abyss on returning to live with my parents again, with doctors and counselling I slowly found a new outlook on life, more on that below, got a new job in retail and love it, they gave me hours to mostly be around my dad who then started to become ill, so I could take him to appointments, doctors and clinics as required and to help my mum when needed, in his last year he got dementia and that was so hard to deal with, especially as my mum had not long had a hip replacement to, after his death I now do sort of similar for my mum, although she is a lot healthier than my dad was, she loves gardening and keeping busy around the house etc, my brother helps out too, while I’d love to have my own place, I’ve stayed living with my parents because of the situations.

During my first year back home as such, I moved my Lions Club membership to the Saffron Walden group to carry on doing charity work in the area here, also joined a London Social group and started going to visit places and events with them etc with other like minded people on any days off and spare time I had, found I could get free tickets to sit in the audience for recordings of TV and radio shows too, plus went to a number of theatre shows and concerts with a good friend who has now moved back to Gloucester, looking back how I fitted everything in is amazing and probably why I like to keep busy, after an MRI scan because my left knee was at times painful, was told to Walk, Swim or Cycle, I do love walking, and sometimes cycle to work, I joined a walking companion site and went on some walks with them and led some guided walks on there myself too until covid happened, I since join walks on the London Social groups I’ve joined and the Ramblers too, but usually by myself, normally I’m usually out and about on Saturdays, but I go to lunch each Tuesday with a local group as it’s senior discount day, plus a brunch each month with them too, my job hours changed to early mornings through and after covid, which suit me even if that means losing a few nights out. the last 13 years after the mess has been a journey, made and lost some good friends, but I have an optimistic outlook, happy, smiley and jokey at times, as mentioned I love to find and have something planned for each day, just something to always look forward too, even if it’s just to mow the grass ha ha, I’ve always heard the quote life is what you make it, and it’s so true, I grasp each day and find the good bits to dwell on after, thank you if you’ve read this far and that I haven’t bored you to much, enjoy your day and take care…