Goodbye one year, hello another

So a new year begins. Hard to know what it will hold, but I have to keep my fingers crossed. Celebrating the year in was a difficult experience. It is one of those times where you really notice other people's relationships. Couples disappearing to share a kiss, hands held under the table, discussion about shared plans and resolutions for the year ahead. Sadly that all brings home the truth that, in this sense, I am alone. Not that I lack friends of course, I don't. But I have lost the one person who I want to share my life with. And that truth bites very hard.