Usual start to the day. I thank God that I have made it through the night. I let the dog out for a poo and pee. Trudged to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. Caught the train to Ryde, took the bus to the church picked up some fruit, vegetables and mainly bread that the supermarkets donate mostly for people on a low income. We chatted to Frank he is a lovely amusing man and is fun to be around. We have a free lunch at the church which we find very good as it saves me buying and cooking. Anthony and I love going to the Aspire everyone is kind to us we get support also.
Went to A few charity shops I bought another shopping trolly I thought that it might come in handy. caught the train home I felt drowsy so it’s always good to have Anthony on hand, I fell over on the train a few days ago. Anthony chatted to a peter Stringfellows look alike on the way home, We were taken in by his trendy unusual clothes. We were quite surprised by how approachable he was, he said that he had been working in the channel islands. We talked about St Helena and he,
seemed interested we gave him our number and promise that we will meet him in Sandown sometime. I enjoyed a quiet evening at home drinking tea and watching youtube. I don’t feel as bad as yesterday still feel pretty grim, my head feels tight and sore makes me feel quite sick. my laptop is playing up and decided on a complete shutdown. I have just paid out a £100 to unblock the drains, it should be free for the amount of money that Southern water charges. Yes, I am grateful that I can turn on my tap and have fresh, clean water. We didn’t have running water in our house on St Helena when I was a child, I collected water from a large tank at the back of our house. I have promised myself not to use the f word again, I dislike breaking promises to myself I have just kicked my toe against my cast iron bed it hurts like mad. I do pray I ask God to guild me safely on my journey, to ease my pain I do feel guilty as the whole world needs healing. The Bible tells us that God loves all of us. A friend said to me if God loves us so much why is there so much pain, suffering and death.? I thought for a moment and said, what if death wasn’t the end. I would like to think that it’s not, and we do go to a much better place, a place where we never hear the word Brexit again. By Dorothy Maude.