Project 365 2021 Week 45-46 Day 310-323 A late birthday celebration, finally got to spend a weekend with my parents and we said our final goodbye to our BIL. Sunday 7th November – Day 310 We spent the day on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway for their 40th Anniversary Gala event to celebrate the…Continue reading Project 365 2021 Week 45-46
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Planning for the inevitable shouldn’t be a taboo subject
I’ve always felt that it’s important to be open about death, after all, it’s not something that any of us can avoid. Planning for the inevitable shouldn’t be a taboo subject, and when my parents emigrated to Spain over fifteen years ago we talked quite openly about what would happen when it’s time to say…Continue reading Planning for the inevitable shouldn’t be a taboo subject
Project 366 2020 Week 11
Project 366 2020 Week 11 Day 68-74 The week with another funeral and a trip to the eye hospital clinic. Sunday 8th March – Day 68 A home day. My son spent most of it in the garden playing in his mud pit which is thankfully hidden behind the back of the garage. I was…Continue reading Project 366 2020 Week 11
Saying goodbye to a friend
Today is going to be such a hard day, today we are saying goodbye to a friend. Not just any friend, the partner of my best friend. A man I’ve known for nearly twenty-five years, the half that made my best friend whole. He was one of those people that everyone liked, he just had…Continue reading Saying goodbye to a friend
Another funeral to attend
My poor son has been to more funerals in his short life than I went to in the first twenty-five years of mine. I guess that is what comes of having older parents and also Daddy P being nearly twenty years younger than his brother and sister. Sadly, Daddy P lost another relative this week,…Continue reading Another funeral to attend
A week to forget
This has not been a good week: Monday – poorly Monkey Tuesday – funeral of my best friend’s father, his death was sudden and a great shock to all Wednesday – poorly Monkey again Thursday – hearing that a little 2-year-old girl has been found dead. I know the Mum. I’m finding it hard to…Continue reading A week to forget