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Category Archive for 'Sorrow'

Bringing things up to date

Posted in Sorrow on Nov 11th, 2011

Biki’s comment on my last post made me realise that I haven’t passed on my one piece of sad news. In October, Gary and I took the terribly painful decision to have our beloved Kyril put to sleep. Unfortunately the anti-inflammatory drugs that were relieving the symptoms of his arthritis caused his kidneys to fail. [...]

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Reflections…

Posted in Abuse, Reflecions, Sorrow on Aug 12th, 2010

In a field, not far from our house there was a pond. Actually it was a bomb crater which had been created when a plane was forced to jettison it’s payload during World War II; local wisdom was that it had been a Luftwaffe bomber. We were under the strictest instructions to be careful around [...]

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Reflections on a difficult week…

Posted in Memories, Reflecions, Sorrow on Mar 20th, 2010

It’s been a long and emotionally challenging week but in some ways I’ve found a little peace. Being in the church on Wednesday brought home very forcefully just how enormous a part of my life that place is. Still as cold as ever and even smelling the same as when I was a child, very [...]

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