Remembering

It was my birthday today and it felt unexpectedly sad, this first one since my dear Mum died. I was helped recently by someone saying that grief is the emotion we are given to help us to let go even when we don't want to.

Good to be down at Mortehoe where I have lots of good memories, including of a beloved Great-Aunt who lived down here and who I visited regularly until she died. I wrote a poem about her, which you can read here if you would like. The cemetery at Mortehoe is in a fabulous location and the poem is about my decision to put a gravestone for her here.