Well, this has been quite a year and it is time to update. Life is still full of joy and surprises. I really enjoy being the age I am and the privileges and freedoms that it brings. There is a lot of bad joss around about being old but I love it. With good health, good friends, good family and meaningful work what’s not to love. I am still in the process of embracing life and grasping opportunities to laugh and have fun and to learn. I am still constantly amazed at the beauty in the people around me and how much joy and pleasure there is just in enjoying friends.
This joie de vivre has been put to the test this year. I tipped over the motor scooter and broke my leg in 4 places. Complications with an infection meant it was longer than usual before I got to walk again. Then, when the leg was healed and fine and strong, the muscles in the foot that had not walked for 10 weeks had to be coaxed and persuaded to walk again. It’s been a long slow process, gradually increasing exercises, regular physio and massage. But I am getting there. You have to push it. Friends have been great and supportive and my faith in human nature is reinforced.
One of the secrets to enjoying this time, or any time of life I guess, is to remain engaged with life and that means pushing yourself to experience new things. So I have been doing that and loving it.
I am a sociable, friendly, generous person who loves to talk and loves to laugh. The most satisfying thing I ever do is spend time talking with other people. Choral singing and travel are my hobbies. Movies, reading, dinners out and all forms of socialising are my pastimes. I relish seeing new things, meeting new people, having new experiences.
I would love to find a man to share this with. Someone who can be serious but who can also laugh. Someone who is not afraid to examine his own inner life and to help me talk about mine.