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Widows Quest

August 12th, 2008

Happy Birthday Dad

Dad was a huge influence on my life, and someone I miss every day since he died in 2003. Dad was the original shy, retiring person until….he was with people. He loved people - his whole aim in life was to firstly help friends and family as much as humanly possible and secondly to find […]

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August 4th, 2008

Paying Tribute To My Dad

Yesterday was an emotional day. We laid a memorial stone at my Dad’s local church to remember his contribution to the village. Mum had a few tears as the memories flooded back on his death from dementia. Dad was a remarkable man, he had this ability to reach out to everyone - shy by nature, […]

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July 23rd, 2008

How I will honour Dad’s memory

When Dad died I was devastated and still am….we had a strange relationship in many ways. We were so similar and yet found it difficult later in life to connect. I still don’t understand why….
Fortunately at the end of his life - he died of dementia - we became close and we both managed to […]

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February 9th, 2008

Family Can Bring Such Love

This weekend I have one of my aunts - and my godmother - and my mum staying with me. Both of them lost their husbands, one to Parkinsons and one to Dementia so the final days were fairly horrific. I bought them tickets to a concert to help cheer them up, especially through these winter […]

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July 26th, 2007

Oscar dying performance!

I am a huge cat lover, they give me a sense of comfort - they give their love unconditionally and always there when you need a cuddle. Looking after them has given me a purpose on those days when I could not find a reason to live. So I smiled when I saw this article […]

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