Grief

  • The End

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    G died on Sunday 30th April 2023 at 6.20am I haven’t written for a while as G’s condition rapidly deteriorated. I was so tired at the end of the day I struggled to do more than watch TV. I did take notes, however. So over the next couple of weeks I’m going to try and…

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  • Another brick in the wall

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    Over the years G and I have established a routine around watching TV. As we’ve often been working or playing on computers we concentrated our joint watching around mealtimes where we would sit together and share the latest drama or blockbuster movie. Anything that wasn’t a joint interest we watched separately. Lately G’s concentration and…

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  • Keeping busy

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    Today I received my first, well-meaning, “be positive and keep busy” piece of advice. I’ve been interested in the grief process ever since G was diagnosed, because the grieving has begun. I thought it might be useful to research what is likely to happen before I’m fully plunged into it and get a feeling of…

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  • Broken

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    This may be indulgent, but in conjunction with my new attitude of giving very few fucks I’m ploughing ahead. Last year, when I put this site together my hope was that it would become both a record and resource for the projects I had in my todo list, maybe even inspire other older women to…

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