Thinking of others

Thinking of others

This is my recent column in the Yorkshire Post on 18th August 2023 on the importance of being there for order bereaved carers.  When I wrote this I was shocked to find during my research that men over the age of 85 plus are more likely to take on the caring...
Two years with my new best friend….

Two years with my new best friend….

Today is exactly two years since I brought my new bestie home that is my lovely German Shepherd pup, Oscar.  When he came home I was able to carry him in and out of the car, now there is no question of that. He is big and powerful but yet we connect effortlessly....
My reflections on Father’s day

My reflections on Father’s day

So many of you will have marked this day in your own special ways and some may not have the opportunity to do so. Some of us will have thanked our dads in our own quiet way.    A father plays an important role for some of us, and mine definitely did, in fact, he still...
The shape of hope

The shape of hope

💜 The shape of #hope comes in many forms. When we feel frustrated, #disappointed or hopeless because something we want or had hoped for did not come to fruition then it might help to #reflect and step back for some #perspective. 💛 Let me share a story. I have a box...
How to get through your loved one’s birthday?

How to get through your loved one’s birthday?

  In two days, I will mark what would have been my dad’s 105th birthday. Does it matter since he is not on planet earth? It does to me.  I have become a dab hand at this now as I have been navigating anniversaries, birthdays, and other milestone, all without him...
This is my happy place….

This is my happy place….

I start this blog with a bold statement, but it is deliberate. This is my happy place. I am walking through the 10th year since my precious father’s passing. I have been through the roller coaster of grief and as Sir Elton’s song goes, ‘I am still standing after all...