Alice… what's the matter?
breast cancer blogger
Category: Family
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It hurts our hearts that you are gone, and this is now the end of the story of a wife, a mother, grandma, sister, friend. You’re spoken of in such fond ways, by everyone you’ve met. Your kindness and your lovely smile they never will forget. You’re still here in our photos and in voicemails…
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The thing about Dads: They’re invincible, see… They don’t like to stay home With a cough or a sneeze. They tell a great story, love making you laugh; No matter the challenge, they don’t do things by half. Whenever there’s trouble, Dads won’t make a fuss: They fix things in a jiffy, Dads know magical…
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Picture now, if you will, a girl sat on a plastic chair; Some flowers on the windowsill, her mother, frightened, lying there. Mother and father worked so hard to raise their daughters every day, and now it seems that life’s reward is their retirement, snatched away. In hospital there’s nothing subtle: Lights so harsh…
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Dear Mum and Dad Hello! There, that seems innocuous enough, doesn’t it. As I don’t know where to start, I’ll start somewhere fun. It’s been nice to spend a bit of time with you over the last few months for all the good reasons we’ve had to get together; what with my 40th birthday party,…
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I really love my woolly hat I wore it during chemo to keep my bald head warm at night (It’s not my favourite green, though) It has the word “POW!” on the front which was a funny thing a friend of mine would say a lot when work was full of WIN. I had a…