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Tag: loss

Childhood

Goodbyes

As I watched my son wave ‘bubyee’ to the Teletubbies, flapping his little hand, I wondered what other goodbyes he would experience during his life.

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Family

Folding Laundry

He wore this red T-shirt to his first football game. He was four. His blue eyes held an ocean full of expectation and excitement. His

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Friendship

First and Last Steps

His death had stolen my heart away, and for a year, I had no interest in searching for it back. But then, at eleven in

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Childhood

First Class

‘How long?’ I breathed down the phone. ‘Weeks,’ Martin’s voice choked back. The day after, at four o’clock in the afternoon, I popped around to

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Family

The Perfect Gift of Love

The perfect gift of love. Her arrival date was Christmas Day. Her funeral came shortly after. She lived and died inside of me. I cradled

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Family

Her Mark

We ventured all over the village, leaving traces of her everywhere. She had left a mark on Sarah and me, but she was too young

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