This is a beautiful example of continuing bonds with our loved one. They are out of our sight, yet we can find ways to memorialise them and keep them in our life’s conversation, like this mother has done with her rose garden. The Guardian: Me and my garden: ‘We planted a rose garden with our…
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-discover-childrens-cells-living-in-mothers-brain/ I might have posted this earlier, but worthwhile a repeat for a day that is very difficult for bereaved mothers. I find this quite comforting and hope you will too
Ideas for coping at Christmas and other special occasions, while you’re grieving the loss of a loved one.
A poem inspired during a solitary walk by the River Dove
A few pictures of one of my favourite places – Bodnant Gardens in North Wales. Went there last week, and went there several times last year, including on 28th April which is my daughter’s funeral anniversary (today!), and my mother’s birthday. My mother had died on 7th April last year; my brother had died unexpectedly a month…
There could be many reasons why you’ve been living on the edge of your seat, awaiting the inevitable, and it may be no surprise when it finally happens. ….
There are some homes here in the UK–houses and flats, scattered around, with no geographical limit–that have a candle ready on the first of each month. Then, at 7 p.m. the candle is lit. Who are the candle-lighters? They’re not members of a religious group or a political party — at least not collectively –individually they…
