Today's post comes from wonderful Rachel from Jasperden Health. Do take some time to visit her blog, its a wealth of information on healthy foods and their benefits, personal experiences, and lovely recipes. Grief is Just Love with No Place to Go Thank you, Smell for inviting me to write a post about loss. I … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 8: Grief is Just Love with No Place to Go

Today's post comes from the kind and generous Brenda at My Angel's Voice. Losing my four-legged friend We have and will always experience different types of loss in our lives. Not one is more important than the other...nor will they be without tremendous heartache. But for me. this loss was almost more than I had … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 7: Four-legged Friend

Today's post comes from the wonderful Michelle at Boomer Eco Crusader. Her blog is a beautiful combination of sage advice, contemplations on health and wellbeing, and touching lessons learned from personal experience. Losing my hair First, a big thank you to Smelly Socks and Garden Peas for asking me to be part of this series. … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 6: Losing My Hair

This post is short and simple, inspired by Liz Kershaw on BBC Radio 6 Music discussing Bruce Springsteen's new album: A Letter to You. I was listening to this show while running not long after I decided to start a series on Lessons in Loss and it really connected with me. A Letter to You … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 5: Musical Interlude

This poem comes from Ingrid at Experiments in Fiction, it was first published on her site in October 2020 and she's kindly allowed me to share it again here. I love Ingrid's poetry for its honesty and clarity; her wonderful blog combines her artistic use of words, cuisine and windows into her life. 30 Years … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 3: A Poem

This post comes from Tom at The Doubting Thomas. Does Losing Friends Mean You Should Lose Yourself? When I was asked if I wanted to write a post focusing on our reactions to losses, I had to think long and hard about what I was going to do; I guess I've been fortunate enough not … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 2: Old Friendships

I think about loss from time to time, as you probably know if you're a regular reader over here. I've discussed recovery from loss of a baby and other people's reactions. But, we don't only struggle or grieve over the loss of a person - whether they were fully-formed or not. Sometimes loss is part … Continue reading Lessons in Loss

This post comes from one of the wonderful folk at T.B.C. Rosary Beads Allow me to set the scene. In the past four years I have visited Iraq five times. Four of the visits have been for charitable purposes and to take part in a widely unknown pilgrimage called ‘Arba’een’. Arbaeen is the largest annual … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 4: Rosary Beads

First up, is Lovely Bill from A Silly Place. Losing my Y First of all, many thanks to Smelly Socks and Garden Peas for inviting me to take part. I greatly enjoy her blog, and she’s a great supporter of what I do over at A Silly Place. So here goes ... When I went … Continue reading Lessons in Loss 1: Y