Vesta's submission

 As the time since my husband's death has rolled on, I have noticed a range of emotions. Sometimes, I am functioning quite well, but oth...

 A couple of months ago I dated an older man. We had eight dates until, frustrated, I explained that I didn't think we had a romantic fu...

 Over time, if you keep track of your behaviour, patterns may emerge. In my case, I have tended towards attachments that simply were not in ...

 A few months after my husband's death, on a lonely night, I joined a dating site. To be honest, I brought into the hype that it was fre...

 In my new life on my own, it's busy and involved, but I have made time to explore what my future might look like. I have a plan to simp...

 My husband passed away in my arms. He had been in hospital for a little over a month. The end was fast and in retrospect, when he understoo...

 I was never going to be able to influence my husband to do things the way I felt was right. He was always going to attend to his health in ...