Donna Jones Holland

Goodbye my friends................. I always knew I would recognise when the time was right to retire 'The Very UnFrench Wife' story and it feels about right, right now. I've been mulling it over for a few months now and with the decision made NOT to return to France, it makes total sense to bring this story to a close. I did hang on a little too long maybe? We've had many wonderful years together, late 2016 - 2017 to now, we nearly made it to a full decade Folks but I think we are done. This...

to me..... T'is true! We women are always more capable, talented and multi faceted than we believe! Sadly, we are pulled so many different ways by normal family life! I feel it! In that chaos, in those decades that speed by, we often forget who we are, what we need and forget to put ourselves at the top of the list sometimes. We are Mum, Wife, Sister, Daughter, Aunt.......and so much more. Sigh. We wouldn't have it any other way I guess, but there’s a loss somewhere in the quagmire of family...

tick! Wow, that was a year to behold for all the wrong and right reasons. Certainly not one I'd like to repeat for a million of those reasons but one I feel was ultimately, the toughest experience we've ever had, him and I. We made it. We survived but are we intact? Hardly! I suppose it's all part of life's rich tapestry, some we win and some we loose. This French adventure we lost big time but it's important to stress, no one died. The decision to leave France wasn't really a choice in the...