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Second last post

I’m having difficulty thinking.  What I do think is that is probably normal in bereavement. About this time last year, I was sending out my Christmas villages and checking the addresses where I hadn’t heard from the recipients the previous … Continue reading

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The new normal

I had every intention of being funny today but it just isn’t in me. Naturally the stronger reverberations of the suicide in the wider family are going to take some time to die down. Many people will have lost a … Continue reading

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Time

Strange things happen to the time after a bereavement.  Some hours drag by, most plod. Whilst each hour takes you further from the source of sadness, though it would seem to soothe, every second is one more in which the … Continue reading

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A week

A week. Just seven days,so much can happen.  So much emotion crammed into seven days and seven nights. My cousin died.  He was only 71. I first saw him 65 years ago when we moved back to the North East … Continue reading

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