It’s exhausting..

by | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog

In three months time it will be four years. The beginning of autumn and the early dark evenings is a reminder that I am approaching the fourth death anniversary. It’s heavy. Somebody asked why I was not attending to a matter that would save me money and I...

Three years, 8 months and 4 days or 191 weeks and 6 days…

by | Sep 3, 2017 | Blog

It has been a while since my last blog. I have been thinking what to say so much has happened and there is so much I still wish to discuss with my Dad. 3 years and 8 months sounds like a long time but to me it seems only yesterday my father passed. The last days and...

Father’s Day again…

by | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog

This Sunday will be my fourth Father’s day without my Dad. I am approaching this day with dread and gratitude in equal measure…as time goes by the gut wrenching pain and heart ache is still palpable just as it is indescribable yet I go on where who knows...

My Dad’s 99th Birthday!

by | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog

Here I am after what seems ages. Feeling melancholy though I know I have a lot to be thankful for and that my glass is half full. Four days ago it was or would have been my Dad’s 99th birthday. He wanted to make a century but died at 95. Part of me feels my...

Day 2,000 and the anniversary…

by | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog

In the last week I marked my Dad’s third death anniversary and hit day 2,000. In a couple of days it will be exactly three years since the funeral. Why do I still remember the number of days and the dates ? The dates are just etched in my head, I can’t help it. I had...