Just before Christmas last year, Australian cricketer Nathan Lyon was pictured with another woman while – at least publicly – he was married with two children.
Now, his former wife Mel Waring has started a blog called Life of Lyons, detailing her new life as a single mum to Harper and Milla.
This is a recent post from her blog.
I wasn’t sure what being really alone would feel like, being shut out from him. Since saying goodbye it hadn’t really hit me. We have lived a life where he has constantly travelled, cricket was life and touring was a given. Daddy’s at cricket, it’s easy to forget. Today has been different, I have been strong, I have been brave but today I feel weak, I feel small and I feel alone.
There are words that ring in my ear, that the girls and I don’t need to worry about anything and that they will always come first. These words should give comfort in something so painful yet that’s far from how life is feeling for us right now.