No news yet on the patient but I am doing well – thank you for all your well wishes.I have been reading loads of newspapers and magazines whilst lying on this hospital bed. I keep seeing the word crisis sprawled across every page. Now don’t get me wrong I understand that a global finanacial meltdown would be HUGE….but somehow I feel uncomfortable with the word crisis.Maybe I just associate a crisis with a more personal than global problem? Is that what death does, change your perspective on the world and make you see things differently? I think it has for …read more

I got an email about divorce and the feeling of grief which I wanted to share although I will keep the man’s name private for obvious reasons.
“I love your blog and yet I am male and not a widower. You may find that strange but last year my wonderful wife of 23 years walked out on me for another man. I was shell shocked as I did not see it coming. My point is that grief is felt by people like me as well as widows and widowers. In fact, I would say the grief is harder….
When you wrote the …read more