June 12th 2009

Well. What can I say?  I am back and slowly being rehabilitated back into life.  It has been the year from hell.  I picked my parents up from the airport in January on their return from a trip to my sister in the US and both looked so ill I insisted they see their GP.  Both were diagnosed with terminal cancer and I stayed in East Sussex to look after them. My mother died at the beginning of March and my father died on June 1st.  Tony’s father also died in the middle of March and we are still reeling with the shock of it all.  So.  Not a great 2009.  I am immensely grateful to all my amazing friends and our gorgeous daughters who kept everything going at home and at Tilley Farm which enabled me to be with my parents in their last months of life.   The courses have been running smoothly in my absence thanks to the hard work of Mags and Tina. I think we all need a month in a health spa. 

I decided to turn my hand to novel writing whilst I was in Hastings but am now in a panic as I have to send three chapters into a publisher. AAAAAGGHHH! I also have plans for two more books for David and Charles but my editor and I have decided to put things on hold for a few months as I don’t think my brain is in gear quite yet.  Cookie Dough Dynamo spent some time with me in Hastings and we had glorious walks up on the Firehills which kept me sane. There is nothing like the company of a good dog to keep your spirits up. She was such a difficult puppy when she came to me on foster but the year and a half of hard work has truly paid off.  Cookie is perfect.  So easy and such good fun.  She took to her new environment instantly and loved romping along the cliffs and playing in the sea.  I am sure that without her company I would have fallen apart (or off the edge of the East Hill).

On a more positive note, the new book 100 Ways to Overcome Problems is coming out this autumn and the proofs have just arrived on my desk.  It’s looking good. There are a few missing photographs but my gorgeous photographer is on his way down to spend the weekend with us and we should be able to get all the necessary shots tomorrow.  Tony will be coming home tonight for a few days HURRAH!  I think we need to party. Mind you I am a cheap date these days. Daisy made Margaritas the other night and I was on the floor after half a glass.  It’s been months since we all spent some time at home together and I am looking forward to a peaceful summer walking my dogs although more misery is on its way as our beloved lurcher Archie has a serious heart condition.  Still. I have had enough experience through life to know that we should enjoy every moment that we have with those that we love as you never know when things are going to change.    

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