Category Archive: Death and Dying

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Weekly Round Up: Remembering Karen Sutherland

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which… Continue reading →

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Weekly Round Up Dedicated To Yvonne

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This week has been such a sad week for the blogosphere as we joined with our friend Yvonne in her recent loss. There are many of us who can identify with what she… Continue reading →

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Death of Bernie Nolan

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I am so desperately sad to hear of the death this morning of actress and singer, Bernie Nolan. She was only 52 and leaves behind her loving husband and beloved daughter Erin, 14.… Continue reading →

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Missing My Mother On Her Birthday

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Today is my mother’s birthday. It also marks two years since the last day I got to spend with my Mum before she got ill. I replay in my mind what we did… Continue reading →

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Losing my mother: one year on

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Today is the first anniversary of my beloved mother’s death. It has been the hardest year of my life; much, much tougher than my year of living cancerously. There is plenty I could… Continue reading →

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Always Hope – Dedicated To The Memory of Lori

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I am so deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lori Hope, author of  Help Me Live: 20 Things People With Cancer Want You to Know. I first met Lori two years… Continue reading →

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Nora Ephron: an artist of consolation

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  I gritted my teeth reading the newspaper reports of the death of Nora Ephron and how she “lost her battle with” and “succumbed to” leukemia. You know how those stock phrases grate on… Continue reading →

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Grieving life’s losses and finding your new normal

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Grief is a natural response to loss and although  we normally associate grief with the death of a loved one, the fact is that any loss can cause grief, including serious illness.I have… Continue reading →

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Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 29 #HAWMC

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Day 29 of the WEGO Health Activist Writer’s Month which I have signed up for – a month dedicated to the art of writing about health.  The penultimate day of our writing challenge and… Continue reading →

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Weekly Round-Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve… Continue reading →