Two years ago I had planted sunflowers to feel closer to my Ma, who had green thumbs. She loved plants and had a plant nursery, when…
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Tag: grief
How a plant, a cat and conversation brought me from the brink of a mental precipice
Last June, at the height of the covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, I wanted to die. Quite suddenly, I had lost my Ma. Grief fed my…
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Dementia, suffering and chronic health problems
I pray and I pray so hard, that God will help me to do more than just survive one day at a time. But this is all I can manage now.
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Grief and fibromyalgia 2.0
This is a post about nothing really. I’ve been getting quieter and quieter. I know. And I’m sorry. Since Mama Claire left for the next…
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What do we live for? – Grief and chronic illness
Someone said that grief is more or less when you have love to give to someone but they’re not there to receive it.
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