Dear Bel,
So many of your posts have brought me pleasure - and believe me - we on TP need pleasure when we can find it!!
I love the posts about your grandchildren, about the clever things Bob had made or created, about your life in the shop, and all the other things you mention.
Had to smile at Norman telling you that you were "talking rubbish" and Cate telling you to "behave yourself"! You see, TPers say it as they see it! No "soft soap" here! But I have to agree with them - they are right.
Sometimes your posts are about how sad you are and how hard it is. We need to hear that these things are true for others on TP too, not just for ourselves. I for one would find it very hard if every one always posted about how well they were doing and how successfully they were coping.
It would make me feel a real "eejit"!
Please keep on doing what you do so well - being your own lovely self.