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Finding positivity in the face of more exits than entrances

January 13, 2011 By Ellen

Generally, in both blogland and the real world, I try to adopt a position of merciless positivity. I am convinced there is a silver lining under every cloud even if it’s of the what-doesn’t-bust-you.. variety. Lately, though, we seem to have been surrounded by more cruel coincidences than seems right by anyone’s measure. I hasten […]

Filed Under: Archers, blogging, Bucket list, Christmas, family, grief, Reasons to be cheerful

hairy question, fairy tales and a growth spurt

March 16, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my children today. There isn’t a right time for a baby’s first haircut. Boy Three has quite a lot of hair and some of it is rather long. It’s not well distributed, however, the long bits are around the front and the back is short and fluffy. Some of the strands […]

Filed Under: brother, grief, growth, hair, things I learned from my children today

Bye then, Nat. It was fun.

March 11, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my brother. Charles Nathan Arnison 1971 – 2009. The waah game. This is where you ask someone a question to which the answer is blindingly obvious. If they take your question seriously then you say “waaah”, and basically you win. If, however, you spot a question designed to trap you then […]

Filed Under: brother, family, grief, other things I have learned

Grief – the goldfish, sequins and colander theory

November 1, 2009 By Ellen

Did I mention that my brother died in the middle of the summer?Horrible, shocking and tragic. I have a lovely supportive family and enough true friends, but there comes a point where you just know you can’t keep telling them the same thing. Life, like they say, goes on. That’s partly what blogging’s about – […]

Filed Under: grief, Something happened in my life, today's thought

A dark week

June 20, 2008 By Ellen

There weren’t really any clues. Nothing hinting at the heartache to come. On Sunday morning I woke to find a couple of splats of dark blood. My learned friends on the internet and the midwives at the RAH didn’t seem to think that at 18 weeks there was anything to worry about, so I didn’t. […]

Filed Under: grief, hospital, late loss, miscarriage, Something happened in my life

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