Never Google Heartbreak

I want you. I’ve always wanted you and I never want to stop wanting you.

What do any of us know at any age?

Riding on buses, boats, bikes, taxis and underground trains, talking on phones, hustling for deals, queuing for coffee. This world is moving on while I sit here feeling like I’ve swallowed a great big jagged rock.

Max has woken me from a nightmare and I realise that when I’m with him, everything is proper and brilliant and in colour.

Love

‘When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.’

Kahlil Gibran

linked to her state of mind.

the state of a woman’s house is

where self-help meets heartache,

didn’t want to leave, but I couldn’t stay, waiting like a spider with my wedding-dress web, could I?

Chantilly lace. I sold the last two meringues on eBay.

We still have to pick out our wedding bands. They’ll be platinum to match the engagement ring. It’s funny but since he gave me this rock I’ve never taken it off, not even when he wanted to postpone th