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Posted on21 February 202228 February 2022Everyday Life, Fitness & Exercise, Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Blessings at 48

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Today, I am 48 years old. And today hurts. Not because I’m 48, but rather because I am now officially older than my late husband.…

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Posted on10 May 20212 July 2021Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Mental Health Awareness Week: Nature as therapy

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Welcome to Mental Health Awareness Week! This year’s theme is “Nature as Therapy” and is a theme I can really get behind. I mean, I…

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Posted on28 April 20212 July 2021Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Walking with grief

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I met a man when I was out walking the other day and the encounter provided me with so much to ponder about life –…

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Posted on26 April 20212 July 2021Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Twelve years forward, mostly

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Another year has gone by without my husband by my side. After 12 years of this horrible widow life, I have come to know what…

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Posted on23 March 20214 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

The year that wasn’t: My year of COVID19 isolation

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Today marks one year since the UK’s COVID19 lockdown measures became “law” – three days after the “stay home” orders were announced. Since then, the…

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Posted on13 March 20214 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Twelve months of isolation

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Twelve months of (mostly) isolation. Wow! I still can’t figure out how that happened, given that at the end of Month Two we were still…

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Posted on13 February 20214 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Eleven months of isolation

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It has now been eleven months since my COVID19 isolation began. Eleven months! That is just crazy. But then again, life during a deadly global…

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Posted on13 January 20214 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Ten months of isolation

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Today marks ten months of isolation for me. And I cannot believe that I am still writing these monthly reflections! Yet here I am, as…

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Posted on13 November 20204 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Eight months of isolation

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It’s been eight months since I arrived home from my last day in The Real World and began shielding myself from the world because of…

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Posted on28 October 20204 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Widow Life

Widow dreams, again

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This morning was one of those days. It was one of those days when I woke up and I wasn’t a widow. I woke up…

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Posted on13 October 20204 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Seven months of (increasing) isolation

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As hard as it seems to believe, I have been isolating at home for seven months now. Yes: seven months. And whilst I had been…

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Posted on13 September 20204 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Six months of (mild) isolation

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Today marks six months (half a year!) of my COVID19 isolation. It seems like pure madness that I have been (mostly) isolating for so long,…

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Posted on13 August 20204 July 2021Chronic Illness, Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Five months of (mild) isolation

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Today marks five months since I began my COVID19 isolation at my countryside cottage. During Month One and Month Two, my isolation was just that: Isolating (but I coped)! Month…

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Posted on13 July 20204 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Four months of (near) isolation

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It has now been four months since I entered my own version of plague isolation. About 10 days after my isolation began, the UK Government’s…

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Posted on13 June 202028 December 2020Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Three months of (near) isolation

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Three months later, and I am still (mostly) isolating at my cottage in the country, thanks to the COVID19 pandemic and the social distancing and self-isolation rules.…

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Posted on24 May 20204 July 2021Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Coping with COVID19 self-isolation

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As Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) wraps up here in the UK, I find myself reflecting on my mental health in relation to the COVID19…

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Posted on13 May 20204 July 2021Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Two months of isolation

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Today marks two months of COVID19 self-isolation for me. Two months! Wherever has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday that I was marking…

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Posted on1 May 20204 July 2021Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Checking my privilege

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I have long been aware of the privileges I have in this world simply because I am a white, Christian, American. That’s not to say…

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Posted on13 April 20204 July 2021Chronic Illness, Everyday Life, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

A month of isolation

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Today marks one month of COVID19 self-isolation for me. My isolation began shortly after returning from my relaxing holiday in Cambridge and about 10 days before…

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Posted on22 March 20209 October 2020Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

The noise of isolation

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Towards the end of last week, people around the UK and the USA were beginning to increase their social distancing and self-isolation practices, with many…

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Just Frances is a personal website maintained by me, Frances Ryan. I am a quirky runner, writer, thinker, drinker, crafter, adventurer, and researcher. I am also a daughter, sister, aunty, friend, and widow. But mostly, I am just Frances. (She/Her)

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