Celebrating Jane (and raising cash for the Cynthia Spencer Hospice)
On May 30th, it will be a year since we lost Jane. I want to mark this milestone on June 2nd with a nice evening of live...
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14th Feb2012
19th Dec2011
Christmas without Jane
When Jane died in May this year, Christmas seemed a century away. I was looking at surviving hour by hour, day by day. Losing my 27 year-old...
22nd Oct2011
Jane’s last holiday
Two months before Jane’s death, we went to Stockholm. The trip was exhausting for her and often she was confused by the speed of things around her....
09th Oct2011
Astrocytoma: 6 years in 8 MRI scans
So here they are: Jane’s MRI scans that show how this all went down. They can no longer find the scans they did first, in 2005 so...
11th Sep2011
Sunday emptiness
Liefie, I miss you so much. I just can not get my head around the fact that I will never see you again. Never hold your hand...
14th Aug2011
Helping the Hospice
Grieving is tedious. It has been a little more than 2 months since Jane died and it is getting harder every day. The first few weeks I...
17th Jun2011
Ashes to ashes
At Warwick University today, a little bit of Jane was left behind I transferred some of Jane’s ashes into a flask last night, ready to for...
16th Jun2011
What is left
What’s left in the end is a big green plastic jar with a lot of light grey ash in it. The ash is surprisingly heavy & dense....
10th Jun2011
My way of mourning
It is 2 days after the funeral and quite a few people have been lovely and texted/messaged me to see how I am doing. Apparently the days...
09th Jun2011
When all is said and done
They came in rugby club colours. They came in fencing kit. They came in school colours. They came in anything but black. As the weather made up...
05th Jun2011
I found a note
I know I said this blog would be dormant but so many people have said they think my current emotions should be part of this blog. I...
05th Jun2011
Goodbye
After keeping a 6 year record of Jane’s brain tumour, this blog has come to an end. I will leave it up here for the future in...
03rd Jun2011
One last look
I went to see Jane yesterday. She looks peaceful but I felt uncomfortable and stayed only 30 seconds. I saw her on Monday in the hospice of...
02nd Jun2011
In the end…
…it was peaceful. On Sunday morning, JD had trouble breathing and her skin turned a strange shade of blue, nearly purple. The nurses said this was a...
30th May2011
It’s done
Jane passed away at 7 this morning. She went in her sleep whilst I held her hand. Goodbye my angel.
29th May2011
Waiting for death
This morning, around 9.30, JD stopped breathing and turned purple. So I thought the end had come and I called the nurse. We sat with JD for...
