Eleven years ago, on this day, you walked out the door and never came back. When I started writing my story about what happened; your suicide; and the kids and my journey through grief and adversity, I thought it'd be a reasonably short and easy process. I was telling a story I lived through. How … Continue reading Eleven Years
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Is it ok to not be ok?
Here we are again on my least favourite, quippy-acronym day of senseless tokenism. I mean, RUOK Day? We can't even spell it correctly. It might make it too real. A day of corporate yellowness and box ticking, self-congratulatory, fake altruism and empathy. Actually, in fairness, I must concede to the fact RUOK Day has raised … Continue reading Is it ok to not be ok?
The Anniversary
Tomorrow is the 10 year anniversary of my late-husband, Michael's, death. Anniversaries of this kind are often really difficult times to 'survive.' They can bring to the surface feelings which we are too busy in our day-to-day lives to acknowledge. The first few years of birthdays, anniversaries, and other times of celebration were dire. The … Continue reading The Anniversary


