Death

Bloom Where You Are Planted

June 20, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot of my Mum lately. I am in a constant state of missing since her death, but right now it really hurts. “Bloom where you are planted,” she used to say. I recalled that today. It made me happy and sad at the same time. Bloom Where You Are Planted The [...]

Three Gates : Words of Wisdom

June 2, 2010

If you’ve read about me, you will know my Mother died, almost four years ago (she was only 51). Sometimes it feels like yesterday and sometimes it feels like forever ago. Just last night, right before I went to sleep, I felt a sudden pain in my chest and a familiar panic: Mum’s not here anymore; I [...]

February FunMum – Meeya

February 23, 2010

A Mother’s Instinct Critically ill and barely conscious; drugged and hallucinating; yet when this mother was roused, the first thing she did was frantically hold her stomach, where her unborn child should’ve been. The attending nurse said the horror on her face sent a chill down her spine. Even in a barely conscious state, this [...]