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300 Weeks
Tomorrow (Tuesday), my daughter will have been dead for 300 weeks. Clea would be 12 ½ now. She would be in Year 7 at Amaroo School. She would be tall probably already taller than me. She would be Clea. Each … Continue reading
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Tagged challenge, children, Clea, Clea Salavert, daughter, death, grief, love, mother, mourning, nightmare, reality
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Happy 12th Birthday Clea
I made you a cupcake, placed it in a paper flower, and left it at your grave.
I Don’t Do Christmas
I always feel obliged to preface that statement with ‘I’m sorry but’ so the title should actually read ‘I’m sorry but I don’t do Christmas’. I don’t do Bayram or Hanukkah or any other religious celebration either. People look at … Continue reading
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Tagged boys, brothers, Christmas, Clea Salavert, daughter, death, love, mother, wishing
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Extrovert to Introvert (loneliness and solitude)
At the beginning of 2013, in a job which was not for me, for the first time in my life, I was described as an introvert. Initially, I was very taken aback as I had never considered myself to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Clea, Clea Salavert, daughter, death, loneliness, love, mother, mourning, solitude
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Five Years
It is now five years since my daughter, Clea, drowned in a tsunami on Lalomanu beach, Samoa. I so wish that she had not died on 29 September 2009. Every day I wish that she had not died. I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Clea, Clea Salavert, daughter, death, death day, family, grief, Lalomanu, mourning, reality, travel, tsunami
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Another trip
We’re about to go travelling again. In a few hours, we fly to Istanbul for four weeks in Turkey. This is Jorge’s 50th birthday present. I always have mixed feelings about travelling. Travelling is what I have always loved doing. … Continue reading
250 Weeks
250 weeks have passed since my eldest and only daughter drowned on a beach in Samoa, struck by a never-ending wave of tsunami. She was 6 3/4 years old. She would be 11 3/4 years now. I continue to count … Continue reading
Easter Sunday
On this most Holy day of the Christian calendar, I would like to voice my complete dismay and lack of understanding for those who profess to have religious values and charity. From my understanding of religious teachings (and I was … Continue reading
Only one story
I attended a course last week called Women Presenting Powerfully. Not my kind of course really but it was interesting enough. A lot of Steve Jobs, in which I fail to see the fascination – maybe he was a good … Continue reading
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Tagged Clea, Clea Salavert, daughter, death, mother, story telling, writing
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‘Facing Reality’ Days
I have been trying to think of something profound and interesting to write on my blog because of Christmas and the new year but nothing profound has come to me. This time of the year is hard for all those … Continue reading
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