Piping Hot Reflections

07/01/2026

Healing doesn’t follow a schedule, and that’s okay.
Care can be quiet, steady, and ongoing.
It’s a gentle reminder to keep showing up for yourself.

03/01/2026

Another year begins,
and though time moves forward,
our hearts still walk
beside those we lost

31/12/2025

When I say ‘happy new year’,
I’m not for a moment,
expecting this to occur,
for that is not possible,
a year must be all things.

Happiness must come and go,
like the tides and the winds,
just as sadness,
and all the emotions in between.

When I say ‘happy new year’,
I’m really wishing you,
a baseline of peace,
of gratitude.

Because if you can sit with these things,
for the most part,
happiness will thrive,
when it does arrive,
and sadness will know its place in the mix.

If you can nourish these things,
daily,
you will also grow hope,
for it flourishes in such soil.

And hope is the key,
to this enigmatic state
of ‘happiness’ we seek.

When I say ‘happy new year’,
I’m really wishing you more happy days,
than sad days,
more joy than misery,
more laughter than tears…
and the wisdom to accept,
that they all belong.

Happy new year, my friends.
Happy new year.

Donna Ashworth

From ‘to the women’ 📕❤️

#2026

28/12/2025

Contact myself or ASA Scotland Charity for tickets.

INAUGURAL BURNS SUPPER

Lodge St Andrew Denny & Loanhead
Under the Auspices of the Lodge

Saturday 31st January 2026

Brethren, Friends, and Honoured Guests
are respectfully invited to attend an Evening of
Fraternal Fellowship, Poetry, and Tradition

Held in support of ASA Scotland Charity and
Piper Daniel Logan Laidlaw, V.C.
Memorial Campaign

Lest We Forget

Please get in touch if you would like to support this wonderful evening.

24/12/2025

I would like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of you for entrusting me with the honour of officiating your loved ones funerals in 2025. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to help create such meaningful send offs at such a difficult and sensitive time for you.

I wish you and your families all peace and comfort during the festive season and in the days that lie ahead.

21/12/2025

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19/12/2025

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Guys don't be alone this festive period, our doors will be open on Monday from 7-9pm
We'll welcome you with a brew and biscuits, a handshake or hug, but most importantly, a safe space for you 👍




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16/12/2025

In Memory of
our Loved Ones
who aren’t with
us this holiday
season
You live within
our hearts …
Always missed,
Forever loved,
Never forgotten

Until we meet again …

Helen Lapierre
Hello to Heaven

13/12/2025

Some days your memory finds me 🍂
Without asking, without warning
It settles quietly in my chest
And steals the air from my lungs

I sit with the weight of your absence 😔
Listening to the sound of missing you
Even silence knows your name
Even time remembers your face

I carry you in quiet moments 🕯️
In pauses between heartbeats
In the places words cannot reach
Where only love still lives

I miss you in ordinary ways 💔
In days that should feel simple
In nights that stretch too long
With no one to say goodnight to

You are gone, yet everywhere 🌫️
In falling leaves and fading light
In all the spaces you once filled
In all the love that remains

— Silent Tears For You