Life is extraordinary with all its unexpected twists and turns. Just as one is completely convinced that life will always be mundane, routine and, quite frankly, lonely, along comes something or someone to shake everything up. It has been a long and relatively slow dawning that this is the case in my own life. However, the light has dawned and my life has well and truly been shaken up.
Having endured a very difficult, depressing and destructive marriage for two decades, I finally drew the line beneath the countless betrayals and deceptions. I dusted myself down and determined that I would hold my head up and walk alone – with my children. Barely had the resolve stiffened resolutely in my mind, than a gift appeared.
Of course, I didn’t recognise the gift for what it was, originally, but now almost two years later, the scales have fallen from my eyes! I have been blessed with the opportunity of growing old with my soul mate. The support, sense of importance and sense of wellbeing which he has given me are incredible; it is certainly radically different from anything tossed my way during the last twenty years.
The most curious consequence, to my mind though, is the synaesthesia. I hear his name and a cascading kaleidoscope of colour dances, glitters and shimmers in the air before me. It is unlike anything which I have ever experienced before. I don’t know how long it will last but, for now, the visual rainbow sensation completely and accurately mirrors the emotional light show to which I am being treated. It is absolutely wonderful!
