Lamb Chop & Kebab ...
August is a special month for me. My son’s birthday is August 21st. My dad passed away on August 30th. Both significant events ~ on any scale. There is another date … that is just as significant … in some ways. That would be the 19th of August … or the 18th if you are in...
The Black Dog Parade
A few weeks back an old friend posted a status update on her Facebook page noting this wasn’t going to be a happy, joyful or upbeat post and acknowledging she was feeling ‘blah’. She made a public call out to her friends and family for hugs and the offer of a chat, for anyone who may...
It’s not OK
It’s not ok. It’s never ok. I started a blog last week. My first two paragraphs: I have just read yet another news article about a 24 year old mum of one, found dead in her home with her 5 year old daughter asleep in the next room, presumably (and hopefully) unaware of the terror and...
A New Normal
Nothing can prepare you for the death of a parent. We all know it is going to happen ~ some day, but you don’t tend to dwell on how that might feel, what that empty space will actually feel like. Well I didn’t anyway. My Dad passed away on August 30th. Feels weird writing that to be...
A Celebration of Friend...
I have a recollection from when I was about 24 years old … my mother made a comment that she had been friends with her bridesmaid for over 30 years. At that time I remember thinking “oh my god – imagine that, that’s FOREVER” … Fast forward 20 years and I have recently returned from a...
