I just want to remember that hand gently squeezing my rib cage #leanin
It’s not exactly a light topic but, then, I never expected to face my mortality on a daily basis. When questions like, “will you die first?” get chucked this way (as casually as someone asking when the next bus is) by a child in the Post Office queue, it focuses the grey matter. We’ve run the full gamut of: “I will not die!” [dramatically declared before crossing a road] through to “I’m going to be fine when you die because I have my friend Betsey”. Having lost members of our family recently, we’ve been trying to navigate loss, sadness and The End with 👧🏼👶🏻 but as much as my communication is laced with a wobbly lower lip and deep-seated grief, I often get a robust, chipper response: “it’s ok Mama, you aren’t going to die yet.” One podcast that has changed my whole view on grief and offered up a bosomy hug and a fresh hankie the last few months is @cariadlloyd’s @thegriefcast. I urge you to listen to it if you want to confront what often feels like a silent, unfathomable looming darkness. It certainly helped me laugh when my eldest asked: “when you die, I’ll be sad and fine because I’ll have your money.” How do you tackle the big life-death questions? #grief #death #happymonday #tilldeathdouspart *to those asking about the retirement home sing song we’ve switched soft play for, it’s @together_proj.* 📷 @emilygrayphoto
17 days ago we thought this moment wouldn’t happen. There are 94 years between these two. One hobbled warily into the church today with a stick, the other with an irritating singing rabbit toy called Booboo. Both had limited understanding of what was going on but a mutual understanding of holding on. Not for dear life but to each other #christening #family #oldandnew 📷 @grandmother_pukka
United we lurk in the legume drawer 🥒 #cucumber #greatinasandwich
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![It’s not exactly a light topic but, then, I never expected to face my mortality on a daily basis. When questions like, “will you die first?” get chucked this way (as casually as someone asking when the next bus is) by a child in the Post Office queue, it focuses the grey matter. We’ve run the full gamut of: “I will not die!” [dramatically declared before crossing a road] through to “I’m going to be fine when you die because I have my friend Betsey”. Having lost members of our family recently, we’ve been trying to navigate loss, sadness and The End with 👧🏼👶🏻 but as much as my communication is laced with a wobbly lower lip and deep-seated grief, I often get a robust, chipper response: “it’s ok Mama, you aren’t going to die yet.” One podcast that has changed my whole view on grief and offered up a bosomy hug and a fresh hankie the last few months is @cariadlloyd’s @thegriefcast. I urge you to listen to it if you want to confront what often feels like a silent, unfathomable looming darkness. It certainly helped me laugh when my eldest asked: “when you die, I’ll be sad and fine because I’ll have your money.” How do you tackle the big life-death questions? #grief #death #happymonday #tilldeathdouspart *to those asking about the retirement home sing song we’ve switched soft play for, it’s @together_proj.* 📷 @emilygrayphoto](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/899235c12a0d726769702c8e7f2a9ac5/5C404AF7/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/41227578_251690602211580_5853274709794175284_n.jpg)
