In a few days we will mark the fourth anniversary of Anne’s passing. Remembrance Day – Eve now holds a deeper resonance. I’m sure every author expresses their works as ‘labours of love’. That is most definitely the case with All Will Be Well. Its completion and release at this time are more happenstance than … Continue reading New Release – ALL WILL BE WELL
Tag: Grief & Loss
Reflecting on 38 Years at Marty G: A Journey of Love and Loss
Leaving my home of 38 years was a loss in so many ways but also a sign of hope.
Once the fog is gone.
Strange shadows folding, drifting on a chilled blanket.As if it ever was thus. Emotions folding, too. Swaying. Sometimes almost imperceptible. At other times, like a torrent, paralysing the will. It is only for a time; for a season. As the first buds of spring build to a crescendo of colour, this mist will rise. And … Continue reading Once the fog is gone.
In Memoriam
When the purple rain falls and forms a carpet on the streets and lanesI think of you. The sun's arc tracks higher in the sky, and the air holds its warmth into the night.I think of you. You were always there, and this was our season.40 spring times, birthdays, and anniversaries. And then, finally, in … Continue reading In Memoriam
On a breeze
A zephyr - a flickering of cool air in a summer's afternoon.A wisp of a shadow that passes on the periphery. I touched it; or rather, it touched me.Like a siren's call, it drew me to the shore, and like Jason, it broke me. So many questions without resolve. Signs ignored for the sake of … Continue reading On a breeze
A Candle
That tiny light, lit with intention.Gone in a few brief moments.But how it burnt brightly!With Aves and with hope and love!Warming for an archangel,Lit with prayer, lit with tears.The disinterest of well wishes.For all will be well.And it will be well. Perhaps not as we know nor wishFor life is fickleBut love remains.For I will … Continue reading A Candle
A word on grief
If only words could take away, the pain, the loss you feel today,Then I would speak and never cease, until you found your inner peace.But we know that's not how this goes, and each in her own way as God only knows,Just rest in Him who knows each hair and over time he'll take you … Continue reading A word on grief
Father and Son
Who can know the reasons why, that some will live and some will die. That hearts will break and tears will flow, why such pain, we may not know. He knows each hair upon our heads knows our hurt, our fears, our dread He longs to draw us close to Him To soothe us, to … Continue reading Father and Son
A well-worn path
This path your on you did not choose, it chose you my friend. You serve a God who called you through it and promised life without end. He knows your pain, it hung with Him upon that Easter tree. His arms held wide as if to say: Come, give it all to me. … Continue reading A well-worn path
Kevin Fitzpatrick – in Memoriam
Caoimhín, nobleman, you were nobler still, You loved life and honoured its beauty. For those whom you knew, we drew strength from you As it seemed your solemnest duty. Like Glendalough’s son who held high the sparrow You lifted humanity higher. In adversity borne, like the crisp light of dawn, Your calling could not … Continue reading Kevin Fitzpatrick – in Memoriam
Paul Russell: Musings 