Took this photo last November - the kids weren't impressed, but I was quite proud of it.
Came across a quote from 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys yesterday:
'There are more ways than one of being happy, better perhaps to be peaceful and contented and protected, as I feel now, peaceful for years and long years...'
That is the sort of happiness I have been trying to cultivate over the last couple of years, and sometimes it seems to work... but there is still this feeling that things could be different. Is that just 'the grass is greener' or something deeper?
From what I know of Jean Rhys' life, (not a lot, and mainly from the play 'After Mrs Rochester', which I saw a couple of years ago), she had precious little of that sort of happiness in her own life.
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More November roses
by husbandorcat
@ 13 Nov. 2005 - 14:24:50
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We still have Hollihocks in bloom!
 | LadyLucy [Member] 2005-11-14 @ 16:14 |
only you will know whether you would be content with peaceful and protected or whether you will always be wondering "if only".
Playing devil's advocate here, maybe the time IS right to give it a go, that three months you said you ahd given yourselves could turn into a trial separation. To operate on a level playing field however you need to wait until after the holiday season is over (knowing you of old, as I do).
 | jojo52 [Member] 2005-11-14 @ 17:16 |
Is that an 'iceberg' - it is very like the buds on mine.
You face a tough question and there is no right answer, there will always be what if, no matter what decision you make. I look into my own question and still I stand on the edge.
Even the rose has thorns.
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