What is it about Death<\/b>, and why does it seem to be haunting me so this summer? This summer<\/i>? Try this month<\/i>!<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, a favourite aunt<\/b> of mine was tragically killed in a traffic accident. It hit me harder than I expected because I didn’t realize I was as close to her as I was.<\/p>\n
This morning, one of my budgies<\/b> died. I bawled my eyes out. He was old, well beyond the normal life expectancy of budgies, and I have in some ways been preparing for the inevitable for a while, but it still hit me hard when it finally happened.<\/p>\n
Then the kicker came: later this afternoon, after Ridley’s funeral (we buried him in a special place in the backyard at Xoozland), my Dad called to say that another aunt<\/b> (his sister-in-law) had died this morning after a period of increasingly frail health.<\/p>\n
I am fortunate that Chocoholic<\/b><\/font> has been by my side on each occasion, and has been an enormous comfort<\/b> to me in my time of grief.<\/p>\n But I can’t help wonder if Someone Up There<\/i> thinks perhaps things in my Life are going TOO well lately…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is it about Death, and why does it seem to be haunting me so this summer? This summer? Try this month! Earlier this month, a favourite aunt of mine was tragically killed in a traffic accident. It hit me … Continue reading