Some days, I think about how lonely I am, and about how I want to find someone to share my life with. I think about…
I’ve talked a few times about my desire to build healthy routines for myself, to get out and be more active, and, of course, to prioritise myself a bit lot more. And…
At the start of the year, I began thinking about my 2015 running goals. I knew I would want to improve my times, and that I’d…
As part of my plan to have more adventures – even if I have to have them alone – I picked up a programme for the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival.…
For nearly two years now, I’ve been experiencing an extreme amount of stress. Some days and weeks have been harder than others, but there hasn’t…
It’s day two of Journaling July and I’m running out of time to journal. Worse, I don’t really have anything to journal about. So, I thought I’d…
I want to have adventures. Ideally, I want to have some of those adventures with someone I love. Or at least I’d like to have some…
I spoke the other day about the higher-than-normal levels of personal stress I’m experiencing, and that I feel I need a break from my current way of…
I think one of the hardest things about dating as a widow(er) is the guilt that comes along with it. Worse is that some of…
As part of World Kidney Day and National Kidney Month, the PKD Foundation has asked people to share their PKD stories. This is mine. First, some key bits of information…
Dating is hard. Dating in your late 30s and early 40s is hard. Dating as a widow is hard. And trying to do all three…
From time to time, I get emails from people reading my blog. And today was one of those days. It seems that a relatively new widow, Lucy*,…
The weather forecast today was for sleet and snow. But I was enticed out for a walk with a friend, so bundled up to face…
Astute Just Frances readers may know that today is my 41st birthday. And curious readers may wonder how I celebrated the day. So, that’s what…
Today is my last day as a 40-year-old woman. It’s the last day of what I had hoped would be an empowering and fabulous year of…
Today is the first day of Lent, and also a fasting day in the Catholic Church. I’ve decided to observe several fasting days over the Lenten period…
Things don’t always happen the way we’d like them to. In fact, I can fairly say that things seem to work against my desires the…
I’ve decided to dedicate February to getting back into a good, healthy routine. The idea is this: If I can re-focus enough of my energies,…
Sometimes I feel like the world is laughing at me; like life is laughing at me. Sometimes I feel like my entire life has been one failed…
What’s a penny worth to you? Is it worth stopping what you’re doing so that you can bend over and pick it up? What if…