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05/05/2026

Its the start of Dying matters week - I want to share my heart pin with you it means someone close to me has been an organ donor and honestly its still feels like they took my heart, but this pin means hope to others.
So in Dying matters week tell others your wishes because every day isnt promised and honest conversations help.

26/03/2026

Spring is finally here -my wellies may get an occasional outing now but this was mid february at a natural burial ground. The service was just as the lady would have wanted even her friends all laughed as we tried to scatter petals and stay up right.
Natural burials are always unpredictable even in midsummer so if you are attending one wear flat shoes take some wet wipes and shoe covers and bring spare clothes/shoes you never know just what the weather and ground has planned

22/03/2026

Grief is so many things
Poem by Ullie -Kay

17/03/2026

St Patricks day I love this blessing
Irish poem about death

I pray that you will have the blessing of being consoled…
May you know in your soul that there is no need to be afraid.
When your time comes, may you be given every blessing and shelter that you need.
May there be a beautiful welcome for you in the home that you are going to.
You are not going somewhere strange.
You are going back to the home that you never left.
May you have a wonderful urgency to live your life to the full.
May you live compassionately and creatively and transfigure everything
that is negative within you and about you.
When you come to die may it be after a long life.
May you be peaceful and happy and in the presence of those who really care for you.
May your going be sheltered and your welcome assured.
May your soul smile in the embrace of your anam cara (soul friend).

15/03/2026

I'm currently in Foston Hall as this post goes live- I always feel the tension on mothers day. I'll go home and at some point today I'll get handed a card and possibly even a gift - Yes I am the smallest human in my house now
And yet this morning I'll be surrounded by those who have lost their mums or never had them, who will never have access to their children and yes I understand why but I also know more than anything I am blessed and its an honour to do what I do wherever I get to speak and lead.

14/03/2026

If you were at the memorial service today you will have heard me speak of this quote from To kill a Mockingbird

“She lives in the soft places of memory —
in a laugh carried on a summer breeze,
in the warmth of a hand I no longer hold.
Some absence is so full,
it becomes its own kind of light.”

my hope is whoever your missing her absence may also be its own kind of light
❤️

11/03/2026

All the broken pieces make a new window a new story - whats your story because I know this the broken pieces are beatiful just as they are

08/03/2026

Let go - its ok
Most people get stuck naming whats happened and so when I appear they apologise for being sad or for feeling.
Feel all that you need to
Claim all you need to
Let go of all you think you should feel
If we cant name where we are how can we see whats next
quote by Fr Ron Rolheiser

07/03/2026

Next saturday I'll be leading the memorial service at Trent crematorium in Derby. Mothers day is a tricky one because everyones journey is different - some miss their mums, some mums have arms which ache for children who never joined them, or even left earth before they should have, some grieve the relationships they used to have, some never knew their birth mothers and some never had an example of mum. I see you all and theres space for all to feel all they need to. So if you need space to reflect and be well heres one safe space

05/03/2026

When Im not planning farewells, welcomes or other celebrations , I spend time supporting a local community- Why well I know just how many shut ins there are, how many people think no one cares so if I can create bridges and safe spaces. In the difficult times of life - when someone is having to say goodbye the community around cares, feeds and together they walk and that makes the world a kinder place.

01/03/2026

Happy 1st of March - St Davids day
I spent four incredible years living and working in Wales.
Today your home maybe happy, it maybe sad it maybe a mix of all things but I know this
Hireath sums it up - the presence of absence it kind of means a few things but that sense of longing or belonging
This sunday evening I hope you know you belong however you feel.

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