Dear Simon, How's things with you? All harp music and fluffy clouds? Just a few things you've missed, the Blues won Origin, Ford has sacked 230 workers so manufacturing is in even more trouble, nobody likes the Lib's budget and Kim Kardashian got married. Kardashian ... the reality TV ... oh never mind. I took a quiz tonight, the how will … [Read more...]
10 Things That Make Me Happy
What makes you happy? Here's some of mine. Fresh flowers. Funny comments from readers and friends on the blog and Facebook. My children's laughter. Good food. Chocolate. Books. Beautiful views. The company of good people. Hippie Child's singing. Princess Child's photography. … [Read more...]
Retreating
Another grief stricken blogger would by this stage be writing beautiful, raw, heartwarming posts. Instead you've got me. I've retreated to the bedroom, I'm FB'ing, watching You-Tube, and eating until late into late into the night. Simon's turning in his grave. Tonight's musical marathon is Springsteen. What's your … [Read more...]
Then I Saw A Pyschic
I just googled the Kubler-Ross model of grief. I don't think I'm following the brief, either that or she missed a few stages. So far I'm almost through the paperwork stage, that's the time were you are buried under mounds of irrelevant and illogical forms required by faceless bureaucrats who have no hearts just "policies and procedures". Now … [Read more...]
A Bit of a Laugh and Some Interesting Reads
Still going through the old photos ... what the hell was I thinking? These were shorts people! And top tucked in so nicely too. I think I wore this outfit a lot back in the day. Oh the horror. At the risk of becoming a one topic blog, here's what I've read today and found interesting. Parenting through Sadness by Kerrie Sackville. A duty … [Read more...]
Checklist before Dying
Turns out decisions are a key feature of dealing with the death of a loved one. Quite frankly, it's an endless stream of rapid fire questions, queries and instruction. When your brain has turned to mush and you are at your most vulnerable you are expected to come up with answers to questions you have never contemplated before. The funeral home … [Read more...]
Advice for the Grieving and Their Friends
When the worst happens and a loved one is lost everyone finds themselves swirling in a storm of emotions. When the person gone is young and the death unexpected everyone has to deal with their own personal shock and the feelings of fear it creates for their own life. There is no rulebook for how you should behave when it's your husband, … [Read more...]
Memory Snapshots
I've been going through the old photos a lot this week. I'm finding it very therapeutic to see the happiness, the fun times, the laughter and the love captured in one single click of the camera button. When I used to teach photo scrapbooking it always amazed me the incredible stories I would hear when people started talking about the … [Read more...]
Grateful
Trying to be grateful. Going all Oprah with my gratitude post. Grateful for the wonderful friends in my life, wherever you are. Grateful my kids are old enough to remember their Dad. Grateful for having a home, as unfinished as it may be. Grateful for the neighbour who mowed my lawn yesterday (yes Janice the lawn is under … [Read more...]
Friends – The Old, The New, The Virtual – Part 2
Life's truest happiness is found in the friendships we make along the way. We haven't lived in Port Macquarie long by regional standards, only a mere seven years, we're not even locals yet. However it is clear the friendships we have made in that time are really special. The relationships were forged at the school pick-up, on the wintry … [Read more...]
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