(A post for those interested in Christian perspectives) It’s been a long cold winter in the UK. The frozen snow in our back garden just about melted in time for the Spring equinox, although the pond was still covered with a thin layer of ice the other morning and there are frozen heaps of snow…
I always think it takes quite a bit of courage to attend a retreat. You don’t know what to expect and it is natural to be nervous. So I thought it might be helpful to describe a retreat in a bit more detail. The first thing to say is that I don’t believe anybody has…
I love watching birds. We can just see the hills of the Staffordshire Moorlands from our upstairs windows, and there’s a big country park across the road, plus we are literally on the edge of the town and the countryside then leads into the Peak District National Park. So there should be lots of birds…
Grief, like the love that underlies it, is so often the inspiration for poems. Poetry is art in words. Just a few words can say so very much. Poetry may come from our own soul, or we might find someone else’s poem expresses our thoughts and feelings better than we can. I wrote a lot…
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.
