UN SIX MONTHS LATER. I feel as if I’m functioning on two levels. On the surface I continue as normal. Going about my busy life, laughing, talking, being a grandma, being a friend. Singing in the choir, going away for the weekend. But buried deep, deep within me is a terrible sadness which occasionally bubbles … Continue reading
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Grief is a strange thing. I’ve lost people before,. My father, suddenly, when I was 28. My mother, gradually, to Alzheimer’s when I was 53. A bit like childbirth, I think the human psyche, wipes the memory of that pain. And also, like birth every experience is different. What I do remember, … Continue reading