Children's Garden, Guildford Cathedral It’s been a rough few days. A fresh wave of grief has hit and all but swept me away. I’m not very good at ‘living in the moment’, especially when the moment I’m living in isn’t what I wanted or hoped for. I’ve always been ambitious. A planner. A firm believer…
I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)E. E. Cummings When I meet someone new, there inevitably comes a point where I have to explain that I am a widow. And it never gets easier. But, I have now had this conversation so many times that I feel completely detached from…
Morning campers! Devon and Dartmoor... We did it! Before committing whole-hearted to this crazy idea of mine, I wanted to get a little taste of van life with a toddler. We gave camping a go at Wilderness Festival (see my blog post: 5 things I learned festivalling with a toddler), but now it was time…
Continue reading ➞ Project Vanlife take 1: Our first trip in a camper!
Boa Vista, Cape Verde, 2013 I wrote this piece for my Facebook page, on the first anniversary of Omid's death... I don’t know how the world has kept turning without Omid in it, but apparently it has. 365 times to be precise. We have travelled a full lap around the sun, and here we are again. Back…
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OMID (امید) Translation: HOPE At the start of 2018 I had it all. A good job, a gorgeous baby girl called Ava, and my husband, Omid, who I knew would love me until the end of time. The road wasn't always smooth, but it was steady and all laid out ahead of us as we…
A Widow's Wanderlust 