Post Comment Love 3rd - 5th October 2025 The end of a year.

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It'll be a year on Tuesday 7th October since Stephanie died and I'll be honest I have struggled. I've written about it lots, because Stephanie was a huge part of me and life without her as we knew it has just stopped. I wouldn't say it has changed, because it hasn't in regards, to the things we do, the places we visit, but the hole that has been left just can't be filled. It's so hard to explain how life can stop but yet go on at the same time.

In so many ways things like telephone calls, conversations, just random chats were never there, so they can't be missed. Stephanie took our time, our worries, our effort and energy. There's no guilt, no wasted time, no what if's. There's just a hole, tears, a pain, a gasp for air and just random staring into space midway through a conversation or mundane activity like doing the washing up.

During this year we've had two new grandchildren who have brought so much joy, we've travelled, I've started a new job. There is so much to be thankful for and we'll always be thankful to Stephanie as she was the one who bought our family together in the first place.

I wanted to do something in Stephanie's memory, we don't have a place to visit. So last weekend I took part in an Ultimate50Challenge in the Chilterns walking 25kms in 6 hours with a 30 min lunch stop raising £850 for Bowel Research.

This Tuesday we'll be taking a walk back in the woods where we used to take Stephanie as a child, just the two of us, a gentle stroll, a cup of tea back in the van and we'll get fish and chips on the way back and eat them by the river.

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Post Comment Love 26th-28th September 2025 - Bowel Research UK

Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.

Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.

We'd also appreciate your help spreading the #PoCoLo word on Twitter, tag us and we'll RT. You can find us on twitter here: Stephanie - @BosworthLife and Suzanne - @ChickenRuby 

I'll be catching up with reading your posts, sharing and commenting over the next few days. 

I started a new job this week at a secondary school about a 25-35 minute drive away. I've a choice of several routes, all of which are on country roads with some quite narrow passing points.

It's a much smaller school than my previous one and I'm quickly learning the staff and the students names.

I'm on my way to Henley Show Ground this weekend for the #chiltern50challenge raising funds for Bowel Research UK in memory of our daughter Stephanie, who died on October 7th 2024 from an Ischemic Bowel which claims the lives of 3000 people each year and is almost impossible to diagnose.

I'd really appreciate it if you could share this post and hope spread awareness and raise funds.

You can sponsor me here and read more about why I'm fundraising.

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Word of the week - Motion

My word of the week is Motion. It has many meanings and there are 4 meanings that relate to my week.

Motion - To begin. I started a new job this week.

Motion - To awaken suddenly. I acknowledged how angry I was with Stephanie dying this week. 

Motion - Beginning point of a race. On Saturday I am completing my sponsored walk in memory of Stephanie for Bowel Research.

Motion - Bowel Movements. Much improvement since a change in my medication. Which should relieve the diverticulitis I was diagnosed with after a colonoscopy. 

I'm off to Henley Show Ground this weekend for the #chiltern50challenge raising funds for Bowel Research UK in memory of our daughter Stephanie, who died on October 7th 2024 from an Ischemic Bowel which claims the lives of 3000 people each year and is almost impossible to diagnose.

I've hit 70% of my target by walking an average of 10 miles a day while we were visiting our son in Australia and on our stop over in Dubai. 

Please consider a donation to Bowel Research UK by clicking on this link and share this post to help raise awareness.

Stephanie's death has left a massive hole in our lives and if I help prevent another family going through this then every step I step I take in her memory will be worth it.