To Absent Friends | Essence of a Memory https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/ A fuzzylime (cms+) autogenerated channel feed. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss fuzzylime (cms+) <![CDATA[“It doesn’t matter how you feel, put your lipstick on. You never know who you might meet” By Connie Sneddon]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/93/ ]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/93/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:45:15 +0000 <![CDATA[This is Jess, Dad. The first of your seven grandchildren you haven't yet met. You are so missed. Christmas, weddings, births – you are within each of us but missing. Kind twinkling eyes, strong smooth hands, fresh cut wood shavings. Honesty. Tradition. Faith. I hope I make you proud. By Morag Ewing]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/67/ ]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/67/ Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:10:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Mum: Red-lipped, pearly-nailed, smouldering cigarette in ashtray, Mum vamped the upright piano, never in the corner. Tomorrow was always Que Sera, Sera. French-pleated, frilly-aproned, marabou-muled laughing she’d croon and clean her home in Carolina, for the only boy in the world. She was the bright soundtrack to our lives. By Finola Scott]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/65/ ]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/65/ Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:52:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Patients passing through, like gentle autumn winds, changing the landscape, changing me. Laura Christie Creative Arts Facilitator Evelyn Smillie Staff Nurse Daycare Staff, Strathcarron Hospice.]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/56/ ]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/56/ Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:34:57 +0000 <![CDATA['Pa's Missing Teeth' One day I went to visit my Granny and Pa to discover that Pa had lost his false teeth. I helped to look for them but we just couldn't find them. I think he accidentally buried them when he was gardening but we'll never know because we never found them. This is a funny story about my Pa. He died on the 22nd September 2013 and my Granny died on the 1st November 2012. I miss them both very much. By Emma Fraser, Age 9]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/48/ ]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/48/ Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:26:35 +0000 <![CDATA[Knowing he’s not there, I find myself lost at every crossroad. Every bridge I cross feels like a tight rope a thousand feet up in the air. But I’m stronger now. He’s not physically there, but he’s still by my side and I can dare to walk alone. Thanks, Grandpa.   Aaron Hawthorne, aged 17.]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/47/ ]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/47/ Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:26:34 +0000 <![CDATA['Departure' She’s 89 Brain firing, body failing Crosswords, conundrums Animated conversations But every breathless step hurts "I’ve had enough", she says "It’s ok, I’m ready to go" "I’ve had a good life" That night the stroke hits Brain shuts down Body soon follows It's ok, you were ready But we weren't. By Alan Dawson]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/44/ ]]> https://www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/gallery/essence-of-a-memory/44/ Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:26:33 +0000