A reflection on however much we may empathise with others, we don’t see life through their eyes, and just as truly, nobody should try to interpret our life through their own. We each have to walk in our shoes and find our own path. With all of the talk about ‘walking a mile in someone’s…
A post for those interested in a Christian outlook. It’s ‘Holy Week’. We’re remembering the events leading up to Easter. Thursday and Friday are days of sadness as we remember the betrayal, trial and death of Jesus. On Saturday we pause, but we know it won’t be for long. Sunday is coming. The joy of…
We have ancestors – those who lived in the generations before us. We might have descendants – children born to us, and their children after them. Ancestors have died. This is the expected ‘natural’ course of events. But we don’t expect our descendants to die before us. This is not the expected ‘natural’ course of…
(A post written by a woman for women.) Catherine My daughter was a womanYoung, pretty and kindAlways ready to befriendThose who had a need.My daughter was a womanWith loves and dreamsShe liked to cookEnjoyed her bikeListened to musicWanted to nurse.My daughter was a womanPlease note I write was –My daughter was a womanWhose life was too…
Grief can be so overwhelming. It’s not something we have a choice about either – on occasion grief comes at us, full force, not unlike the strong waves that hit the shore during a winter storm. The incessant force of the water slowly wears away the shoreline, until paths and even buildings are washed away.…
Here is a poem shared by Rosalind, a dear friend, who grieves for her beautiful daughter Hannah. Today the sun is shining, defiantlydown on this troubled earth,boosting the budding blooms andmy heavy mood upwards and beyond. Happy now and assured, all is well.For solitude is a friend of mine, itwraps me in a cheerful blanket.Familiar…
We didn’t choose the loss of our loved one. How do we proceed in this ‘new normal’ of our life? “Living with a life-changing loss”. The clue is in the name: life-changing. We are forever changed by the losses we experience in our lives. A child, a partner, or a close friend or other relative who…
If your child were alive today, how old would they be? There are many types of bereavement. As years go by we lose parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents and friends. And some of us outlive our children. It seems to me that of all these types of bereavement, it is the bereaved parents in…
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