Lory Be

It’s coming up for two long years without my Dad.  I think about him many times every single day.  A song, a joke, fathers and daughters together, a man walking his little white dog all have the ability to make my heart skip a beat and a lump form in my throat.  The pain of […]

  I am really loving my new job.  The work is great, lovely environment and fabulous people who I know will now be friends forever.  I have been working there for 8 months but given I am only part time it actually only equates to 3 months.  So we are all still new friends getting […]

Dear Izzy I just can’t believe you are gone.  No warning.  Just a horrific few minutes last Thursday morning then silence.  Except for our cries of disbelief and anguish. The depth of grief we feel is all consuming.  I won’t talk about my three men and their grief.  It’s raw and visible and for them […]

We have had a lovely family holiday in peaceful Bali.  Away from everyday pressures and responsibilities.  Bliss.  However less than 48 hours later work, studies and housework resume their priorities.  I walk past Jesse’s bedroom and see him at his desk, a 3rd year Uni student, tapping away on his lap top in preparation for […]