Out of the darkness....

May should have been a wonderful month, with Nerea and Alex’s homecoming, the lengthening days and warmer weather.  But it’s been completely overshadowed by Fiona’s death and  dreadful, world events.  But, even in terrible situations, there can be positivity; the international disgust and outrage, finally, at the brutal murders of women and girls in Pakistan and India, the celebration of Maya Angelou’s achievements and in a local, domestic but no less significant setting, the immense maturity and amazing composure shown by our daughter Nerea in supporting Alex and Bill while managing her own grief.  We’re so very proud of her

Better to have loved......

It’s 17 years since Dad died, and as he and Mum are always in my heart, I thought I’d banished that deep, searing pain of grief.  But tonight proved me very wrong.  I was sitting contentedly by the fire when we switched on the TV a few minutes early for our intended viewing.  We caught the end of Gardeners’ World featuring an amazing display of dahlias in an enthusiast’s garden.  Mum and Dad loved dahlias and the sight of this glorious collection caused such an unexpected physical sense of loss, I was left breathless.   Requiescat in pace Mum and Dad