Month: <span>April 2022</span>

Birthdays and Earth Days

April 27, 2024 1 Comment

Main image by Casey Horner on Unsplash. Other pictures my own, unless stated 24 April 2022 I don’t know why it is, but I have always felt I have disproportionately more Aries, Taurus and Gemini friends than from other parts of the year. Even if my childhood bestie was none of these. Nor was Mike. […]

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Forever Young

April 27, 2024 No Comments

Main image by Angello Pro on Unsplash 17 April 2021 Today is not only Easter Day. It’s also our lovely Megan’s 21st birthday. Her sixth birthday without her father. Her 16th birthday was just nine days after her dad died. Finding a date for Mike’s funeral in 2017 was so very hard. There is a […]

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Five Years, Five Minutes, Five Decades

April 27, 2024 1 Comment

8th April 2022 My Sweet Mystery (*) Today is five years since you died. In that time, there have been so many difficult, painful, traumatic events. Exacerbating your not-here-ness. The things I would have to catch you up on. Though I presume you know it all anyway, and are shaking your head in disbelief. Wars […]

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Grief Analysis At The Cinema

April 27, 2024 3 Comments

Image by Kyle Head on Unsplash 3 April 2022 One of the independent cinemas I go to puts on a wonderful range of premieres, at which any combination of the film director, producer, key actors, etc, are present during and afterwards for reflection and discussion. I love it. The two people from the cinema who […]

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