The year of HELL

A Year to forget 

R.I.P. Linda

For several years, I have challenged the New Year, to be worse than this year; and each year has got worse. If 2025 is worse than 2024, I think I won't see the end of the year.

2024 started with bad news from the DWP, which cut our income by 1/3 for three months, that was followed by another cut from the Department of Works and Pensions, affecting only me.

 A month later is was taken ill by a virus, not Covid, which affected me for several weeks, then I visited hospital for a check-up, and caught a virus, this could have been Covid as I was already weak. I was in the same hospital, and at the same time, which Princess Anne was taken to after her injury.

We found out that we had been systemically robbed over a period of time, as we're disabled pensioners, by our neighbours. This lead to a bout of depression which we are still going through.

My ankle has been getting worse as I am unable to walk; a month ag, w had another family crisis which affected us gravely.

I think, if next year is worse than this year, I won't be able to cope.

I was so down, after my 15 year struggle to be recognised as a writer, I allowed myself to be a scam victim.

2025 began with the death of my wife in January, I am still suffering, though it is now September.

My misery is not over, as I think our eldest cat won't be with us for much longer, he is not eating, and spends a lot of his time sleeping. My only consolation, if you can call it that, is he is late middle-aged for a cat, as he is 15 years old, but his loss will hit me hard.