Sandra Bullock ‘healing slowly’ one year on from partner’s death

It’s been one year since Sandra Bullock lost the man she called the “love of her life” – and she’s slowly healing from the tragic loss.

Sandra Bullock has not ruled out dipping her toe back into the dating pool.

A source revealed to Us Weekly that the mother-of-two, whose partner Bryan Randall died last year, is “open to the possibility” of dating again in the future.

However, the source stressed that right now the actress is “healing slowly, keeping Bryan’s memory alive and focusing on her children.”

Last August, Bullock’s partner of eight years, photographer Bryan Randall, died at the age of 57 following a secret three-year battle with the motor neurone disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which affects the nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain that control voluntary muscle movement.

After his passing, Randall’s family released a statement saying, “Bryan chose early to keep his journey with ALS private and those of us who cared for him did our best to honour his request.”

Bullock and Randall making a rare public appearance together in 2018. Picture: Jackson Lee/GC Images

Bullock called her longtime partner the “love of her life.” Picture: AKM-GSI / Splash News

“We are immensely grateful to the tireless doctors who navigated the landscape of this illness with us and to the astounding nurses who became our roommates, often sacrificing their own families to be with ours,” they continued, before asking for privacy to grieve.

Randall, a photographer, met The Blind Side actress at her son Louis’ birthday party in January 2015 and they made their red carpet debut at the premiere of Bullock’s film Our Brand Is Crisis.

The couple kept their romance private but Bullock did share that she had “found the love of my life” in Randall during a December 2021 appearance on Red Table Talk.

Now, Bullock is immersed in her kids lives.

She adopted two kids as a single mother — Louis, 14, and daughter Laila, 11 — although, Randall helped raise them.

Bullock has kept a low profile since her partner’s death. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty

Randall waged a secret three-year battle with the motor neurone disease. Picture: Jackson Lee/GC Images

“Sandra’s a really hands-on mum,” a source shared. “The kids are involved in sports, and Sandra attends all their games. They all love the outdoors and go on bike rides and hikes together.”

And the Bird Box star is also venturing back into her professional life after taking time off to care for Randall.

In May, she appeared on a podcast alongside Keanu Reeves to talk about their 1994 hit movie, Speed, and the following month, Nicole Kidman confirmed that she and Bullock are reprising their roles in an upcoming sequel to the 1998 movie, Practical Magic.

“She’s excited about what the future holds,” a source explained. “She’s ready to get back in the game.”

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.