Today is Christmas Eve. Once, it used to be one of my favourite days of the year, now it’s one of the most dreaded ones. I can still recall the hopes, dreams, lights and the magic which used to surround the whole day and evening. Until six years ago, that Continue Reading …
This September my 6-year old goddaughter is starting school. She will attend a specific sports program, with training and lots of activities, I believe. Her mother kept me well informed about the preparation process, the selection of the proper school, gathering information, the entrance exam, and, now, the final steps Continue Reading …
Yesterday I read an article about child loss, written by a psychologist. It was important that she wrote about the topic, yet, when I finished reading it I was left with a bad taste in my mouth. Among other things she mentioned that if you get support from your family Continue Reading …
Today I would like to discuss some questions with you. Questions whose answers may seem evident to others, but are not easy for me. Time and time again I come across them from well-meaning others, and face the difficulties they involve. By now I have learnt to speak about my Continue Reading …
It’s been six years. Six, long years without you, this week. How is it possible to live without your physical presence in my life? You are there in each and every moment, but I miss you. So very much. This last one has been a hard month, I have been Continue Reading …
Today I have been to a birthday party. My goddaughter’s birthday, who turns 6 tomorrow. This is a date I have dreaded for 5 years now. When she was born I had had no idea yet about my pregnancy. She is approximately 7 months older than my son would be, Continue Reading …
A couple of weeks ago, my almost 93 year old grandma passed away. During her last years she became smaller and smaller, more fragile and more distant every day. It was difficult and painful to see her suffer so much, to see how the physical conditions of her life became Continue Reading …
How often do you allow yourself to remember? How often do you recall those days, hours when you lost your beloved child or children? What effect does it have on you if you do so? I’m asking all these questions because sometimes I do. Something switches in me and Continue Reading …
It took me quite a while to find a proper topic for this post. With the Christmas season just ending and the emotional stress it brought, nothing seemed appropriate enough. Because what else can be said? I’m pretty sure there have been moments for each of us that we can Continue Reading …
I must admit, I have never been a great fan of New Year’s Eve. Even as a child I would hide somewhere so that those last moments of the old one would pass without me. I hated the opening noises of the champagne bottle and even the fact that I Continue Reading …
Christmas has always been a special period of time in my life. As a child I could not get bored with the magical atmosphere, the wonder that it is, and being happy about the presents. As I grew older, I would discover the real magic of Nativity, the wonder what Continue Reading …
The celebration of Saint Martin’s day is a special Venetian tradition. On the 11th of November the children in Venice, Italy stroll from one square to another, passing through the streets, the calle – as the are called in Venice-, armed with dishes and lids, and ask for some coins Continue Reading …
When you lose your beloved child, finding purpose is one of the most difficult tasks you must face, in my opinion. When you lose your child, no matter when or how, your life suddenly becomes meaningless and purposeless. For a certain period of time your whole life comes to a halt. Continue Reading …
