Hi all, So what now?? Shall I tell you a little about me?? Maybe you are interested maybe not, if not do not read anymore. I shall start by saying why I decided to start this blog. Several reasons, I personally like to read about people and their lives and see what makes them as they are. I like to know that we are all just human. I also thought that from a business point of view it would be interesting for my potential clients to know hat a loony I am and who they are entrusting their hard earned cash and wedding day dreams to!
I also thought it might be nice to have a diary for posterity for my children and friends etc. Yesterday I found out that my best friend from school had died suddenly last week aged 41. Now we had lost touch a little over the last few years due to work committments on both sides, what i would give now for an online diary of hers to read back through and feel her thoughts and feelings......
Anyway where was I?? ( as my Mum would say "Who knows?") Ah yes a little about me...
I am 40 and married with two children. The story of my Wedding and how it came to be could be a full book in it's own right, but I shall try and be brief ( this will be a first lol!)
1977 aged 7 my family and I moved to sunderland from watford. My sister Fleur was 4 at the time, we made friends with two brothers Chris aged 4 and Pat aged 3. Several years of inseperable friendship between the 4 of us ensued- think Star Wars meets the Adventurous Four. We spent many happy hours dressed as Princess Leia ( 2 of them!) and han solo and Luke Skywalker off on adventures ( those were the days when kids were allowed to have adventures!) Chris and I were bestest friends.
1981 I went to secondary school and left the little ones behind a little, then in 1982 Chris and pat moved to another part of sunderland. In 1984 my family and i moved to Debyshire.
1984-1988 I finished school and went to college, my bus used to pass a building called St Christopher and I can honestly say every time i saw it i thought of my childhood chum Chris.
1986 I met my first husband to be.
1988 I left home and became the youngest ever Manager for Stead & Simpson footwear retailers.
1988-1999 lots happened during this time I became a Training Manager, I got married in 1994 and my sister Fleur was tragically killed whilst on duty as a Firefighter in Bristol. At that time lots of friends from the past got in touch, including Chris from my childhood. We then kept in touch via letter and Christmas cards etc. The death of my sister and my partial breakdown sunsequently was the final death knell for my floundering first marriage. My ex left me on Christmas eve ( always one for the excellent timing!!) I recieved a xmas card from Chris saying he and his long term partner had split up. I rang him up ( took a bit of tracking down) and we decided to meet up and discuss the faults of our respective crappy exes!!
I arranged to visit him the next time I was in Canterbury ( where he was living) when i had to visit for work ( I was then an area manager for a footwear distributor)
We set the date for the 20th April 1999...
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