Happy 20th Birthday to the Blog

Ten years ago I wished the blog a happy birthday and then said:

I wonder if the blog will still be going in another ten years.  And if it is - I wonder what it will be telling us

And here it still is, trundling along. 

Ten years ago I knew we were heading back to Australia later in the year. I had absolutely no idea that ten years on I would be living in a flat in Docklands with a water view. Whenever I had come to visit Docklands I had thought it would be a lovely place to live (ignoring the scoffers who said it would be a dire place to live) but assumed that it would be well out of my reach, especially with a water view.  Turns out it wasn't out of reach and that I was right; it is a lovely place to live. 

I hadn't expected to be living on my own, although Jim and I knew that it was very likely that he would die before I did. We had had lots of discussions about it so when the time came there was a plan which could be put into action. I absolutely hadn't expected the dementia. Fortunately we had had the discussions before it became impossible to discuss serious things with him and, again, I more or less knew what he would have wanted had he been able to say.

So I think what the blog is telling us is that we should seize the day, have the discussions, get the paperwork in order, Be Prepared but be flexible as well. And above all - have fun.

Shall we aim for another 10 years? A celebration of Meanderings' 30th birthday in February 2036.