Walking in town today, I looked at the wonderful shades of the trees and thought how nature has this fabulous way of defining moods, defining life, defining change….through shades.
Grief should be based on fact in a way. It is based on a factual happening – that person you love has died. Yet, grief is not matter of fact, grief is not an exact science….grief is all the shades of autumn.
Bereavement and that sense of loss stirs emotions which are on a full spectrum of pain, and those leaves I looked at today almost reflected the rainbow of grief.

The vibrant reds …read more

I know many widows and widowers struggle on this day of the year. It is naturally a day when you miss those people in your family and friends who are no longer with us. When you think about that sense of loss, although it is painful it is also a wonderful thing….it means
We have been give the greatest present of all – that feeling of having loved and been loved.
On a day that signifies belief and birth, maybe we should have our own
Belief =  Belief in the eternity of love. Love will conquer the pain, because love is stronger than …read more