Category Archives: mourning

Regrouped.

Posted on May 7, 2014 by fearlessanalyst

Last year was a shock to my system: losing three friends in a short period, then my favourite uncle, and soon after my 92-year-old aunt – last of my father’s siblings, end of an era. And as if to ‘add … Continue reading →

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An Uncle like Harold

Posted on September 25, 2013 by fearlessanalyst

Harold passed away yesterday morning, which I’d been anticipating for a few years.  But it still seems unfair – as if certain people should live forever. My earliest memory of him goes back to the summer I turned 13.  He’d … Continue reading →

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Wedding night tears…

Posted on September 24, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

I was just reading a post by a blogger I follow (“My Crazy BiPolar Life”) in which she describes her inability (at the time) to stop crying.   Sometimes when reading blogs I feel like a mere sympathetic voyeur, but this … Continue reading →

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