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Autism, loss and vulnerability
Grief hit me yesterday quite unexpectedly. I’ve known for three weeks that my son’s main carer is leaving. She has worked with him since last September, not a massive amount of time, but enough for me...
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Each grain of sand
“Just build it again.” Yesterday I was incredibly moved by a scene in one of my favorite episodes from The X Files called The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati. The plot is too complex to describe but...
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Loss and growth
A lot of issues around loss and growth are coming up at the moment. This is probably because I’m entering into a new phase of growth where I have a bit more freedom and sense of joy and gratitude. The...
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Loss and feeling emotions
I have not had many words lately due to feeling overwhelmed by loss in many areas of my life. The loss of my childhood, my health, my child at the moment (I can’t see him), the loss of the...
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RIP Peaches Geldof
I’m so saddened to hear about the death of Bob Geldof’s daughter Peaches. She leaves behind a husband, two small children and of course her father and three sisters. No one yet knows the circumstances...
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Death and reality
Today I was dreadfully upset to learn that my mother’s cat is dying. She is very old at age 20 and has stopped eating. My mother took her in a few years ago because her owners did not really want her...
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The autumnal heart
After a long, wonderfully hot summer here in the UK, give or take a few not-so-warm days, I’m starting to feel the chill on my fingers again. My dog in particular is sensing change in the air as she...
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