Tag: my mother
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Grief lives in the details
When you talk to people who have lost someone close they eventually arrive at the point where it becomes the little things that make you miss them most. Last week saw the coming and going of what would have been my mother’s 82nd birthday. It was a day of reflection and another day that I…
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Remembering :: my mother
It is exactly one year ago that my mother passed away. I know grief is a strange beast but somehow I thought I would be more accepting at the one year anniversary. I’m not. I’ve been told time heals all wounds. It doesn’t. All time gives you is the ability to adapt – it’s like…
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How we made an American quilt
Do you remember that movie ‘How to make an American quilt’? It’s from many years ago and starred Winona Ryder. You’re forgiven if you don’t and while the movie was nice enough, for me it inspired my need to create my own American Quilt aka a Baltimore or story quilt. I seem to throw myself…
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My beautiful mother
Isn’t this photo gorgeous? The pink coat, the blooming flowers and the smiling girl… just lovely. This photo is of my mother and was taken circa 1960 in a park in London where she and my Dad lived for 2 years. My mother passed away on the 5th of October while we were in Denmark.…