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...]
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...]
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...]
Friends – Old, New and Virtual – Part 1
Good friends are like stars, you don't always see them but you know they are always there. During the past two months I have been held together by a stream of beautiful people, some are old friends, some are new and some are my virtual friends who I've never met. Within minutes of hearing the news my two oldest friends had booked plane … [Read more...]
Still Here
It's been two months and we are still trying to regain our equilibrium. The girls are dealing with exams, I'm dealing with superannuation companies. Neither is fun. To those of you with your paperwork neatly filed in an easy to reach place, I hate you. To anyone who can't lay your hands on your marriage certificate, your husband's birth … [Read more...]
