A retrospective look at feelings following the death of my spouse in 2019. The subject of feeling a certain sense of relief following the death of a loved one is really tough. Amidst a fog of emotions, immediately following my wife’s death, I know that relief was a strong and powerful emotion or feeling. What […]

During the months and years that my wife had cancer lurking, ever-present, like most people in this position she wanted to give herself the best chance of her body beating it. To this end, we bought book, after book, of supposedly cancer-busting, life-saving diets or diet and supplement regimes.

A retrospective look-back at events in November 2019. We gathered in the family room.  Myself, my three boys, my father-in-law, a friend who had been visiting (who, on receiving a message from me, abandoned the fitness class she was in the middle of teaching),  and the friend who had brought the boys. The doctor and one […]

A retrospective look-back at events in November 2019. It was Friday.  My wife wasn’t waking up.  At this point, we didn’t know exactly when the end would be but the doctors said it would be soon, maybe less than 24 hours.  All of my children were at school but they now had to be told […]