Dedicated

 

My Cameroon blog is dedicated to Graham (FP) with whom I lived for 10 years. His kindness and emotional constancy sustained me while I was there and he looked after the house.

We came together at a very difficult time in our lives when we were both emotionally very damaged and our children were going through the trauma of adjustment post-divorce. I remember we went on holiday to Sicily. It was a great location. All our children came out at different times. They didn’t like the new partner. They didn’t like each other. It was exhausting, but there were some great moments when those differences were forgotten and over the years our two families fused and began to see some good things in each other.

The relationship did not last, but some amazing things came out of it for all of us – not least, some extraordinary travel adventures and wonderful meals enjoyed together. Graham inspired me and J2 to cook better and always from fresh ingredients. I still have a lovely thank you card his children wrote to me when we split and I am still in touch with them. FP is now married to someone else.