The 5th of May.
I have two anniversary's this year. The first is the 5th of May 1962, it’s the date that I became engaged to Sarah, it’s strange, for nearly 40 years together I never remembered that date, since she died in 2003 I have never forgotten it.
The 5th of May 2006 was the day that I put my website on the Internet, it is said, self praise is no recommendation, but I think that it is the finest thing that I have achieved.
The website is non-commercial and has no advertising. I wrote it myself, in HTML that I learnt enough of in two weeks from library books, and paid for it myself. I am very proud of it.
Nearly twelve months later I still don’t know much more than I originally learnt, messages flash up on the screen that mean absolutely nothing to me, I click on the X and they go away, but I do get statistics galore from somebody.
Visits and page views seem to be the important statistic and I have had, on a site that obviously is limited to certain people, although that's one of the things that I am trying to change,
3.800 Unique Visitors and 18.340 Page Views, but better than that, I have had several e-mails from visitors saying that the site has helped them.
Other statistics are, and maybe someone can give me an explanation in “baby talk”, Number of Visits 5043 and Hits 24.980.
My site, http://www.wordscanhelp.co.uk/ was written in an attempt to let others going through the pain of grieving after the loss of a loved one, to know that their feelings and actions were similar to many others going through the same period, and as in most cases this is the first time that they find themselves in these circumstances, are unable to understand these feelings, but also to try and let family and friends understand what is happening to the bereaved person.
It is a fact of life that one of every couple will be left in this way one day, if only it were possible to let them know in advance to prepare them.
