4 years 11 months and 21 days…

by | Dec 21, 2018 | Blog, Poem

Almost five years… Seemingly a milestone of sort. To me the time since my dad’s passing has been painstakingly slow. My world turned upside down when I became an orphan. Grief affects us all in different ways. 0n 16th December 2013 my Dad and I went for...

57 months..

by | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog, Poem

I heard someone say grief is like glitter you can never quite get rid of it no matter how hard you try it is always there.  So for me it is 4 years, 9 months and 9 days since my Dad passed.  Those going through a similar journey will know this journey is...

Broken open…

by | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog

It’s been on my mind to post a blog only I needed some headspace to stand back and reflect on my journey since my Dad’s death. I’m reflecting with a sense of gratitude. Love does not have a best before date. It just is. My relationship with my Dad is...

4 years and 6 months!

by | Jun 25, 2018 | Blog

It is precisely 4 years 5 months and 26 days or rather 1,638 days since my Dad died. I am not still grieving but yes I know the days and hours I have survived without him. When I say without him I mean without his physical presence. I have trained my heart and mind to...

100 not out….

by | Apr 28, 2018 | Blog

In my mind my Dad is 100 not out. I marked this milestone in a slightly unusual way. My Dad would have turned 100 on 21st April and he would definitely have approved with the way I went about celebrating his big birthday. On his birthday I would normally have had a...

1554 days on …

by | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog

A quote by T.S. Elliot inspired me to write this blog today. “We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time”. He further advised to find the still point of the...