Category Archive: Death and Dying

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Friday Round-Up

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Welcome to the first round-up of a New Year. So what has the blogosphere been writing about this past week? Philippa from Feisty Blue Gecko has been writing about that fear of recurrence… Continue reading →

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Friday Round-Up

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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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Patrick Swayze’s widow speaks about coping with losing her “soulmate”

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Patrick and Lisa who were married for 34 years. It is hard to believe that it is one year since the death of actor Patrick Swayze. Interviewed recently in People magazine, Patrick’s widow,… Continue reading →

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Father’s Day

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Today is Father’s Day and I would like to re-post a beautiful, moving tribute to a  father from a beloved daughter. This post was originally published last December but it seems perfect on this… Continue reading →

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What legacy will you leave behind?

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Now I’m not being maudlin here, but as those with experience of breast cancer know, having looked at death squarely in the face, we know that dying is something we all have to… Continue reading →

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What the Living Do

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I have just finished reading a moving collection of poems by Marie Howe, called “What the Living Do”. The poems are a compassionate memorial to illness and the loss of Howe’s brother, John,… Continue reading →