(We done need a man hug icon)
Thanks for that. I've got a big grin on my face now. I'm a right 'bloke' most of the time (or have been until Chris died) and one of the things that implies is not saying a lot about your feelings, in fact not saying a lot full stop
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It's easy to look the other way and almost as easy to just mumble a few platitudes in the way that we all hear from a lot of people but it's far more difficult sometimes to express what you truly feel. It's good to know that occasionally I 'strike the right chord' and manage to say what I feel in a way that is also helpful in a small way
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One thing I would say about visiting this board is that now and then it's a very painful experience reading about the pain that others are going through. It might sound like an odd thing to say but I am at ease with the fact that what has/is happening to me is the natural course of things. But the tragedies that some have to bear leave me feeling so sad and with such deep sympathy that I come away not knowing if the tears are for me or for others
my first hug to everyone (I'm not sufficiently unblokey yet to make a habit of it so enjoy this one while it's on offer
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