2 August 2022
PreparingThe weight of unsaid things
The things you have not said do not disappear. They accumulate. And the longer you carry them, the harder they become to put down.
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13 July 2021
PreparingThe difference between readiness and anxiety
Readiness is a letter written and sealed. Anxiety is a letter you keep meaning to write. One is preparation; the other is paralysis.
Read more25 January 2021
PreparingWhen silence is not golden
There are silences that protect, and silences that wound. The silence between you and someone you love may be the second kind.
Read more30 December 2020
PreparingThe conversation you keep postponing
You have been meaning to say something for years. The moment never arrives because you keep waiting for a better one.
Read more18 September 2020
PreparingWhat grief counsellors wish people knew
The people who walk with the bereaved every day have one consistent observation: the ones who had a letter cope differently from the ones who did not.
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