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Facing Death, Embracing Life

Posted on: October 27, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

My beautiful friend Joan, one of the very very very few people who has (a) consistently been present, (b) more or less accessible, and (c) capable of sitting with and exploring whatever colour and shade of emotional energy has come up for me these past four, very long years, co-facilitates a personal development programme called […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

My Life is Not Your Excavation Site

Posted on: October 20, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

I had an experience yesterday which was wholly disagreeable in the moment, and of which similar versions have happened various times these past months and years. The difference was that I finally felt able to handle the situation calmly, directly, and with more resourcefulness than previous times. As I discussed it in the evening with […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Multiple Losses

42 Moons

Posted on: October 13, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Main picture by Mark Tegethoff on Unsplash I have long had an uncanny ability to work out time zones (what time is it right now in Sydney where they are 8 hours ahead? Or in Minneapolis which is 7 hours behind? Or if I want a call with someone in New York and someone in […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

I want MIKE!

Posted on: October 6, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

I am just back from a brave week of open water swimming in the waters of the La Maddalena Archipelago, off the north-east coast of Sardinia. Brave because it’s the end of summer – indeed early autumn (we had three days of wind & rain, and four days of decent – albeit windy sunshine) Brave […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Holidays, Multiple Losses

Long Live Live Music

Posted on: September 29, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash One of the phrases that I hear, and that I use myself, in my still new, post-loss world, is “this life of after”. It’s a phrase that gets used a lot in the COVID context too. “After COVID…” or “When COVID is over…” And of course, some people are […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses

From “What’s wrong?” to “What’s possible?”

Posted on: September 22, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Image by Leonardo Santamaria for NPR Confession: I have no idea where this piece of writing will go. Another confession: That happens quite often with these blogposts, though for sure much of my writing comes from a specific incident that has stood out during my week. Other times I latch onto a song, a poem, […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses, Uncategorized

Sliced and Diced and Cored

Posted on: September 15, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Main Photo by Nikolai Chernichenko on Unsplash I have written quite a bit about my challenging relationship with Death Admin. That I despise it. That it’s painful. That it takes too much time and energy and money. That it is prone to make me cry bitter, angry and hurting tears. And that most of all, […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Belongings, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

Life, After

Posted on: September 8, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Images from internet searches for Netflix’s “After Life” Sometime after Mike died – perhaps a matter of months – Megan came to me and said, “Muuuuum – my Netflix account isn’t working”. It’s possible that I said, “What’s Netflix?”, but I don’t think I was living under a rock to quite that degree. But I […]

Categories: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

Dying to Live or Living to Die?

Posted on: September 1, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Photo by Juliana Malta on Unsplash This is my 53rd piece for Soaring Spirits which means I have been writing for a year. My gentlest year in five years. I wanted so much to be able to write that there had not been another death in my close entourage, by which I mean, the death […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Community, Multiple Losses

Love Threading Through My Week

Posted on: August 25, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Today’s – no – this week’s – topic is Love. As I sit and reflect on what to write about, as with last week, there seems to be lots of different topics. All interesting at some level, but not “enough” to make a blog post out of. So my next question is, “what connects them?” […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Multiple Losses

A Week’s Ramblings

Posted on: August 18, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Featured photo my own – Metro sign in Paris 17 August 2020 I could write about five or more different topics this morning. Or none. The five feel valid but somewhat anecdotal. A bit light. And yet they are not. Not a lot is light in my life. Which is okay. And there is lightness. […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Multiple Losses

A letter of encouragement to my Widbuds

Posted on: August 11, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

All photos my own, taken this week in the French Pyrenees I could write tons of letters of encouragement to my Widbuds, or indeed Grieflings of any fragrance or flavour. Whether it’s about putting one foot in front of the other; trusting that one heartbeat or breath will follow another; finding the wherewithal to write […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Community, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

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