From Dark to Light

By Kathy

A few years ago I was in a dark place, my marriage had broken down - I blame myself. I moved in with my younger daughter, Emma, her partner and my grandchildren. I started to get better, one day Emma said to me, they're all moving into a new house and would I like to go with them? We all settled in the new house very well, one day I was out shopping and I see my friend, Muriel, and she said to me would I like to go to the college to do English as she’d been going a while, for some while, and said it would be a way I can make some new friends, so I said yes. I was a bit nervous on the first time I went everybody was very friendly made me feel very welcome, the teacher was lovely. After a few months I was encouraged to do an English exam and I did very well, I passed the exam and I got a letter from Morpeth Town Hall to go and receive a certificate and they are putting on a buffet and I can bring two guests. So I took my daughters, Amanda and Emma with me and they were very proud of their mum. I found some happiness now and I'm very happily married to a wonderful husband, Peter and I still keep in touch with the friends from the college.