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The Most Bittersweet Day of the Year
Mother’s Day is looming. For many, it’s a day of sleep-ins, breakfast in bed, new slippers and handmade cards. For some, it also serves as a reminder of one of the most significant losses we can...
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On Having No Religion
As a child, I was asked to leave scripture class. I was that child- the one with too many questions that weren’t satisfied with vague answers and admonishments to just believe. I pestered the teacher...
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Why I Stand for Mercy
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are supposed to be executed by firing squad tonight. By the time this post is read they may already be dead. I write these words after this story has played on my mind...
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Grief, like a hole in the heart.
The thing with losing someone is that you expect that you will get over it, in time. People tell you that you will and it’s just what you think will happen. In my experience, however, you do not. You...
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Without My Mum by Leigh Van Der Horst
Have you ever started a book that you know is going to be hard on you? One that you know you’ll identify with but you know is going to make old hurts into fresh wounds again? That’s how I felt about...
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A Mother, Like Mine
It’s a strange thing, to be a mother without having your own mother to talk to. My eldest child was 5 years old when she passed away but I often wonder how she did things or what she’d think of the way...
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Mariah Carey’s Christmas Album
“Merry Christmas”, Mariah Carey’s Christmas album, was first released on November 1st, 1994. It is 39 minutes and 31 seconds of pure “contemporary holiday” music featuring “authentic, gospel flavoured...
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The absolute worst thing about having pets is losing them
The loss of a pet I wrote this last Wednesday night, the night before we took our lovely cat to the vet to be put to sleep. The grief and depth of emotion that comes with the loss of a pet sometimes...
View ArticlePost-Bereavement Hallucinations: Sometimes I Can’t Believe My Eyes
Post-bereavement hallucinations Several years ago know, a friend named Rebecca passed away. We’d been close in high school and kept in touch sporadically over the years. The last time we met up, she...
View ArticleTeaching A Toddler About Death
This is a guest post written by Felicity Frankish from The Baby Vine. The Death Chat via GIPHY Parenting is full of hard (and hilarious) conversations. The first one that springs to mind is usually The...
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Grief and the festive season, what a combination. This time of year is full of tinsel, food and celebrations. Work parties, family get-togethers, catching up with friends. Add in the seemingly endless...
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A Life Lived “Ostomistically”
Talya Goding A few years ago, through blogging, I became mates with an awesome woman called Talya Goding. Talya was juggling multiple medical conditions, a situation she handled with a rare mixture of...
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