Landmarks of 2016

And as we make our way towards March (another year for me, I am no longer counting) I realise that this will be the third landmark I will spend "alone", or partner-free. Anna's birthday, Valentine's day, my birthday... Its hard when you have been brought up by a family who gives great significance to dates and to remembrance, to join another who gives so little. Not that there is not caring or generosity, but a lack of sentiment for numbers, days, months, years that I find hard to reconcile.

Today was the day I first plaited Anna's hair. Today I celebrated the day of love with Anna.