Tag: bereavement

  • Events & emotions…

    I’ve been a bit quieter than normal around here. Nothing dramatic, just too many events and emotions getting in the way. The weeks before Christmas are not my favourite. A show-reel of ‘the perfect Christmas’ plays on a loop in my head, with an accompanying voice-over insisting that this is the way it should be, and it…

  • Family Traditions…

    Family Traditions…

    Yesterday, I had another trip up to Worcestershire, to visit the churchyard where my mother’s side of the family mainly reside these days. When my Nan was alive, we would be up there every few weeks, putting flowers on the graves of various relatives. I don’t remember minding that at all. It was also a…