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“Amare et fovere” to love and cherish…
I have never consciously given thought to the difference between the words “love” and “cherish.” Today I did. The definition of love is as follows: Love/ləv/ Noun An intense feeling of...
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21 long weeks of grief
Vic’s last ever outing Thinking of You with Love We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. We think of you in silence, we...
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Never Alone
This was my song for Vic. I played it for her all the time. We spoke about the words and the meaning of the words. Today it is 21 weeks since I have been able to touch my child, hold her, brush her...
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I wish that…
Someone wrote a poem for me. I am grateful for the hand of comfort that was extended by a stranger. This stranger happens to be ill and suffer debilitating pain. I was so touched! Thank you...
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Vic’s letter from Heaven
Vic’s letter from Heaven Today it is 5 months since Vic died. I am trying to get Vic’s estate done (not doing well at all!!) and came across a file with a letter addressed to me. It flashed through my...
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A gentle death…
A gentle death, when comfort, caring, and presence are priorities, is invariable a death at home or in the peaceful surroundings of a Hospice In-Patient Unit. The opportunity to have your loved one...
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Saturday poem: Loss
Reblogged from Creating life with words: Inspiration, love and truth: Loss Tragedy so great Illuminating you with sadness Seems impossible to recover Lack of lustre lasting forever Acceptance and...
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Different types of depression
Clinical depression goes by many names — depression, “the blues,” biological depression, major depression. But it all refers to the same thing: feeling sad and depressed for weeks or months on end (not...
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My Angel up in Heaven ~ Written by Dave Hedges
Re-posted from http://myownheart.me/2013/07/08/my-daughter/. This blog belongs to a dear friend of mine. Len Williams-Carver who lost her daughter tragically in 2011 – not through illness but Klysta...
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Vic’s song of life
2010 For my precious Vic, her song of life has ended, But the music of her soul is forever. During my lonely hours, I wait to hear the music from above, So I can know that my angel child is well.
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Vic’s ashes
I truly felt that I should shatter some of Vic’s ashes at Chaka’s Rock. Once I got there I started doubting the wisdom of my decision. We walked on the beach and I waited for a sign….for a white...
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176 days…..4234 hours
In the words of William Shakespeare… “Time is very slow for those who wait; very fast for those who are scared; very long for those who lament; very short for those who celebrate;...
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Always the lady
Exactly one year ago Vic had a Brazilian Blow-dry. This is what I posted then… Today I took Vic to the hairdresser and she had a Brazilian blow-dry treatment. Now, for those of you who are as ignorant...
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William Shakespeare and his grief
In 1596, while writing the play “King John”, Shakespeare’s 11-year-old son, Hamnet, died. In “King John” William Shakespeare offers us a glimpse of what it means to truly live with grief: to accept its...
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I am Vic’s mother!
Child-loss is a black hole of grief and sorrow in which every emotion is compressed and compounded. It is an inescapable vortex. Vic was the centre of my emotional cosmos. My world revolved around...
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My funeral
http://www.toms-travels.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/3candles.jpg I am writing this through my tears. A dear cyber friend of mine is dying from congenital heart failure. She is a wise and terribly...
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From the diary of my precious child…
I found these words in Vic’s diary. It was an entry towards the end of her life. I believe it is a message from my precious angel child – not only to me but to her friends and family. I found a web...
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The whimper
I am in such a bad place. I have been trying to write a post for 4 days. Words elude me. Very dear friends of ours lost their son and two granddaughters on Thursday. It is a family murder/suicide...
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