Trigger Warning: this piece references suicide, death, grief and loss Today is 1st May, which in France means Labour Day, Fête du Travail. It is also my Granny May’s birthday.…
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Trigger warnings – suicide, death, grief After my elder brother James's recent death — sudden, brutal, yet also layered and nuanced — I found myself gripped by a red-hot anger…
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Facebook gets a mixed rap. Even a bad rap. I certainly have a love-hate relationship with it. I don't spend time browsing on Facebook, but I do post my writing…
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Today is ten years since my youngest brother, Edward, died. He died just before 7 a.m. at La Maison de Tara in Geneva, accompanied by Grace, the veilleuse de nuit.…
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I had a “reconnect” meeting yesterday with a dear fellow coach, Nathalie Ducrot, I don’t see nearly enough of. There was a brief moment of re-remembering, Do we usually speak…
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One of many memories of my eldest brother, James Photographs taken in 1988, gifts for the occasion of our father’s 50th birthday, when I was twenty-one, and James was twenty-four.…
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Trigger Warning: Suicide This piece contains reflections on death by suicide. Three days ago, on the 23rd of December, my eldest brother James died by suicide. My parents were spending…
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The death of someone you love deeply is devastating, but when it’s by suicide, the Grief can take on a complexity that feels unbearable. The suddenness, the unanswered questions, and…
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