Thank you Tom Sweetman for this beautiful contribution.
‘Tom, I have no regrets and did everything I wanted; make sure you live your life to the fullest.’
Mum’s last words to me. [Read more…] about The Beauty in Death
grief
Adopted
Adopted.
When Isobel was nine years old her adoptive father died. He had been ill for a year and the seriousness of the illness had been kept from her. To protect her. She was sent to school the next day as normal; as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. The message she learned: carry on as normal – stiff upper lip attitude. [Read more…] about Adopted
The death of my father
Thank you Allison Galbraith – Macintosh Wright
The story, or trauma, I would like to share is the death of my father five years ago. He died unexpectedly, of a heart attack, aged 68. He collapsed at work and died four days later, having never regained consciousness. [Read more…] about The death of my father