(An updated version of an earlier post) I received a very sad call one evening informing me that the son of a friend had died unexpectedly, apparently from a stroke or an aneurysm that caused him to collapse and crash his car. He was 41 and left a wife and four small children. My heart…
It’s heartbreaking and difficult enough to cope when losing a loved one suddenly, but if the death happens abroad – particularly if you were not with them at the time – there are extra layers of difficulty. Below there is a reprint of a very sad article about this topic, from the BBC, 3rd August…
A personal reflection on why living with loss through bereavement is not the same as other losses.
I received a very sad call yesterday evening informing me that the son of someone I’ve been getting to know through church had died unexpectedly. The medical cause is not yet clear, but it appears it might have been a stroke or an aneurysm that caused him to collapse and crash his car. He was 41…
(This is a faith – themed post) The day I drove to my daughter’s house, worried because she had not answered her phone, was the worst in my life. Standing in the garden at the side, in the shadow of the house, I was told by the police the most agonising, heartbreaking, painful words I…
