Living
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Of fragility and resilience
I’ve been thinking about writing another blog entry all week. But I haven’t taken the time and peace to write anything down. And I didn’t want this to be exclusively practical grief work. However, today was another difficult day – the second this week – and I realize that I need to get things off my chest more than on days when I’m doing well. We have to get through this together and hopefully in the next few months we will be able to write about easier days and positive experiences here. Perceived stability Since the last post, I had a phase in which I didn’t have any real setbacks.…
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Fresh snow and new beginnings
I moved to Bonn in 2021 and back then I was told I wouldn’t see snow as often here in winter as I did in Nuremberg. But then last week there was a thick blanket of snow on the streets, supposedly not seen in this quantity for 14 years. I haven’t checked it out, but it sounds good. I’m not a winter sports fan, but I like the snow. I like it to make everything bright, calm and somehow special for at least 1-2 weeks. Preferably at Christmas, of course, but considering the traffic chaos that breaks out, mid-January might even be the better choice. I like it when it…
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and again everything is different, and again everything is new
Trigger warning: Text deals with potentially fatal diseases, death, negative thoughts and depression. I sat here a year ago and set up this blog and wrote a text. Back then, the year began full of optimism and anticipation. This time, it began with sadness and an emptiness that I’m trying to come to terms with. And I want to fill it over time with things that do me good and stabilize me again. Maybe one of these things is writing a blog – we’ll see. On November 23, 2023, an intense period of my life came to an end with the death of my partner. We had met by chance…
