🌳✨ We hear a lot about the 7 stages of grief…that unfold in no particular order…but don’t hear as often about old grief that is re-triggered, or unthawed after being frozen, due to other significant events. You never know when it might spring up. Birthdays, holidays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, births, deaths, marriages, a certain smell, a piece of music, coming up to the age your parent was when they passed for those who have lost a parent: anything can trigger a mem

Apologies for the absence of Monthly Messages and Sanctuary Spaces during September and October. I needed to step back from a few things temporarily while I process some large events that have occurred recently. Our grandmother – our mum’s mum - passed in early September, and as life would have it her service ended up being the day before the 20th anniversary of our mum’s passing. Grief comes in different ways at different times, and I’ve got to say that the wave of sadness c