My Two Mothers
To all women, here in the flesh or in spirit, I offer my gratitude. You are the mothers of the world who bring in to being new life, new thought, new beauty.
Tag Archives: death
The Gift of Time • an Undeserved Blessing
I am thankful I have time to write, read, blog, think, watch videos, listen to podcasts and interact on social media. I am exceedingly, utterly and completely grateful to have the gift of time.
Grateful May • A Month of Appreciation
As the last vestiges of summer sigh and turn indoors, my heart grows heavy and weary of remembering bad things.
The Best Kind of Pain
It seems to me everyone encounters sad, painful and difficult things in their lives. No one is immune. But some pain is long and lingering.
Suicide – why silence does more harm than good
Every time someone kills themselves, it pricks at the wound in my heart, leaving the tender skin bleeding again. The loss of a vital, special, unique human being is a tragedy, especially when the tragedy might have been preventable.
Why You Should End Your Life
Thank you for your response to my post 10 Things You Should Know Before You Kill Yourself and for sharing your situation with me. You are not alone in facing such terrible circumstances, I get emails like yours several times a week.
The Worst Thing Imaginable
It’s that niggling worry at the back of your mind you don’t talk about. The nightmares you have about death and dying. You try to imagine what it will feel like if (when?) something really bad happens to you.
A Love Letter
I made you into the person I wanted you to be, without taking into account you might be someone completely different.
10 Things You Should Know Before You Kill Yourself
I guess you’re pretty serious about committing suicide if you’re searching for it on the internet. There’s a hell of a lot of information out there but I wanted to tell you ten things you should know before you kill yourself.
Badges of Courage
I was never a Girl Guide or a Brownie, probably because I was too busy going to ballet class and piano lessons, but I loved their system of badges. You could get a badge for sewing, or first aid, or helping old ladies across the street for all I know and it was sewn on… Read More
Unfinished Business
Two souls meet in the space between the sky and the heavens, between sleeping and waking.
This is Not My Story
I write my own story. I am not a supporting character in some else’s drama. I am the author and the protagonist, interpreting the actions of others into my own narrative.