Tag: Grief and loss
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Always in our hearts
Bandages are very useful. They can relieve your pain and help wounds to heal. They also cover the scars, but some wounds and scars are far deeper and it is these that are the hardest to heal. Grief is an emotion that we all deal with in many different ways. Some are able to compartmentalise…
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Essence of a life
The funeral had been organised after his sudden and unexpected passing. I was filled with a sense of dread and overwhelmed with grief. To eulogize a life is a great responsibility but one that was immensely difficult, creating a complex tempest of emotions. It had taken me many days to write. I’d read and re…
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Words of love
The house was empty and void of life, echoes of children playing and celebrations of significant milestones once filled this now sullen place. It was difficult having to pack up a lifetime of memories, but he had become too unwell to manage on his own. I carefully folded out the cardboard boxes, taping the bottoms…
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The Drought
The sky above was tar black and the rain imminent. This ancient red land, cracked and parched and starved of the rain for many months. Cattle wandered through the vast outback station, emaciated and with no grass for them to feed on. Dry, rocky creek beds snake through the landscape for miles, waiting to flow…
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Tapestry of life
It was a grand, but solemn occasion. People came from all parts of the town donning their mourning clothes, an outward expression of their inner grief. The bell in the little church on the hill tolled over the valley, a signal to all that the matriarch of this community had passed into the afterlife. Grace…
Roads less travelled 