Tag Archives: Dying

In the time of the virus: day 17

Posted on April 8, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

These days there’s mostly quite a difference between my weekday mornings and my weekday afternoons.  I try to do the most energetic things in the morning, and then have a less demanding afternoon.  That suits my personal body clock.  Lunch … Continue reading →

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Cousin Cousine

Posted on September 21, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Once again we managed to get together, never easy as there are quite a few of us and we all lead busy lives.  We had to set the date back in June to be sure of finding one.  Some couldn’t make … Continue reading →

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Milestones

Posted on July 21, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Two major milestones in our lives (already) this month. First of all, we completed the sale of my mother-in-law’s flat, which was the last piece of the admin and paperwork following her death. As a result both sons and their … Continue reading →

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June challenge: update – going with the flow….

Posted on July 5, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Well let’s get it over with and deal with the fails. I didn’t go out running much.  In fact I only managed to get out there once.  I loved it, had a wonderful 30 minute run, and I’ll go again, … Continue reading →

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The follow-up poetry party: May

Posted on June 8, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I thought it would be interesting to record when I have come across poetry without looking for it, now that I seem to have a newly awakened awareness of it.  So this was May: 3 May 2015 – Walt Whitman, … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on three days walking

Posted on May 13, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I’m writing this having now completed three full days walking.  Two more days to go and I will have walked the whole length of the Kennet and Avon Canal, all the way through to Reading.  I’m taking a break from … Continue reading →

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This weekend: death and life (again)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

A(nother) weekend with many reminders of death (and life). Saturday was the day when we committed my mother-in-law’s ashes to be with her husband’s ashes.  It was also the anniversary of his death, at only 61 years, in 1986.  I … Continue reading →

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Dust to dust…..

Posted on February 13, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

The end of an era for our family.  My much-loved mother-in-law was finally released from her suffering.  We are now the oldest generation.  And so time moves on. I met her nearly 40 years ago.  We were as different as … Continue reading →

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Sometimes……

Posted on January 26, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

Sometimes….. death is not the worst outcome from an illness Sometimes….. helping keep someone alive is not the most caring thing you can do for them Sometimes….. good intentions are not enough Sometimes….. we have to find a way to … Continue reading →

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