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Old 07-21-2011, 04:13 PM   #8
Trilby
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Originally Posted by Rhianne View Post
I'm 48 I've worked my whole life since leaving school with only a couple of brief periods of unemployment.

Then I had the big C and suddenly work mattered less, particularly in comparison to the importance of the people I was closest to. I made what at the time seemed like a huge and difficult decision but now seems so straightforward and obvious and gave up working entirely to look after, full time, me As I have a long term, chronically debilitating, health issue.

So am I employed? No. Am I looking for work? No. I have as much of that as I can cope with. Am I happy? No, not really, but things could be worse. I don't know what box to check!
Like that.
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