19/08/2025
I’d like to offer my thanks to those who have been kind and patient as I navigate my own grief journey following the loss of my mother on August 1st after almost a year of illness. It was a privilege to help care for her in her final weeks and months.
I intend to be back at some point in September and will contact those who have joined the waiting list in due course. I will follow up on enquiries of course too to make sure everyone got the support they needed. Xx 🙏
A Safe Harbour
Do not rush or judge a grieving heart,
for sorrow is an ocean.
Sit quietly with those who grieve
and listen without haste or expectation.
Hear the echoes of their love,
the memories that swell like tides,
the tears that rise and fall
across a world that suddenly feels so vast.
Offer your presence as a steady shore,
your silence as a gentle shelter,
your heart as a mirror reflecting only care.
To hold them in the stillness,
to breathe alongside their sorrow,
is a rare and wonderful gift,
a quiet light in the shadowed spaces.
There is no rush, no path to force;
to be there is enough,
to offer a safe harbour to grieve,
until sorrow feels less heavy,
and the heart a little lighter.
~ 'A Safe Harbour' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art by Anne Virlange
