For the Love of Dog – again (*).
September 8, 2024 1 CommentPhotos my own, taken this week, February 2024 16 February 2024 Confession: I have whole and complete, two-way conversations with myself. Sometimes it’s all in my head. Sometimes I talk out loud. Usually after I have been up a little while but am not yet in full-on work mode. Puttering around in the bathroom or […]
Read MoreThe Soothing of One’s Kids Being in a “Good Place”
September 8, 2024 1 CommentPhoto by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash 12 February 2024 Over the past few days, I have had opportunities to catch up with my alive kids, Ben and Megan. At risk of tempting fate by writing what I am about to write, because it feels so special, I find I don’t want to pass up on […]
Read MoreWintering and Springing – or so I hope
September 8, 2024 No CommentsPhoto by Bernd 📷 Dittrich on Unsplash 6th February 2024 We are now into February. There’s barely any snow on the Jura. The hills look like they typically look in April-, or even May-time. It’s sunny, and, standing in the sunshine, it feels warm (though I still scrape ice off my car windscreen on the […]
Read MoreRegenerating Julia
September 8, 2024 4 CommentsMain image by Markus Spiske on Unsplash 17th January 2024 That the brain automatically seeks to join dots and make connections with seemingly disparate things is well known. We need coherence, want to make sense of things, form whole Gestalts, not just because the alternative is otherwise just a bunch of data points, but also […]
Read MoreWith Love From Edward?
September 8, 2024 6 CommentsMain image by Simon Berger on Unsplash. Other photos by Jane del Pozo. 9th January 2024 A couple of nights ago I was working at the end of life hospice. It was my first shift in a few weeks, having not gone in over the holiday period. Yes, the hospice still runs – 24/7/365 – […]
Read MoreThe Rich Wisdom of Dreams
September 8, 2024 No CommentsPhoto by Mark Rimmel on Unsplash 4 January 2023 I tend to be a light sleeper. I always have been, even as a kid. The slightest bit of light, noise, and my own (not even that loud) snoring, wakes me. The upside of light sleep is that I awaken often during the night, and get […]
Read MoreNew Year’s Noodlings and Ramblings
September 8, 2024 No CommentsPhoto by Jamie Fenn on Unsplash 1st January 2024 I am still in a funky space. The “between Christmas/25th Dec and New Year/1st Jan” feels particularly challenging this year. I am still not sure why that is. I have my theories but none leap out at me saying, “hey chica – it’s because of this”. […]
Read MoreMichael – gentle, sweet, wise Michael
September 8, 2024 4 CommentsPhoto taken by Jane del Pozo. Almost seven years ago to the day – 29 December 2016. You had just over three months to live. Writing posted on the Refuge in Grief website on 25 December 2017, and reposted here on 28 December 2023. It showed up in my Facebook feed. I love-hate how that […]
Read MoreIt’s OK That You Are OK
September 8, 2024 1 Comment16th December 2023 Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash I am an avid and active fan of Megan Devine’s work – whether her 30 Day Writing Your Grief programme, which I have participated in and facilitated many times; her Grief Care Programme for Professionals; her Journal “How To Carry What Can’t Be Fixed”; and of […]
Read MoreThe Ubiquitous, Universal Language of Grief and Loss
September 8, 2024 4 CommentsPhoto by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash 11 December 2023 A friend of mine, N.O, wrote me a note the other day. She said, “Emma – I read your post on LinkedIn about the death of one of the residents at the hospice and your thoughts about it. I appreciate that you speak and write about […]
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