by Susie | Jan 29, 2011 | Articles., Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, Open Letters, Uncategorized
Dear John, Monday 24 Jan.2011 Yes indeed we can John, we can do all manner of things if those things bring us comfort. Kissing the special bookmark is a tender act of remembrance as you think of your wife. We fought long and hard to help our partners and so the...
by Susie | Jan 22, 2011 | Articles., Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, My Family, Uncategorized
“Sorrow is better than fear… fear is a journey, a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arriving.†Alan Paton. Looking back on the fifty- five months of caring for Hamada and although the sadness is an utterly desolate pit to try to...
by Susie | Jan 9, 2011 | Health Issues, Uncategorized
My beautiful Daughter-in-law Sandrine Rutherford is Swimming 2.5k on 9th April 2011, in loving memory of Hamada for the Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity. Sponsor her please if you can, at www.swimathon.org For more information about Swimathon 2011, visit...
by Susie | Dec 15, 2010 | Carers Support, Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, Uncategorized
Although my days are painful I am making small beginnings towards reshaping my life without my loved one. It is good for me to write once more and I have started in a small way. The snow is still heavy on our lanes and now with even more predicted the...
by Susie | Dec 8, 2010 | Health Issues, In Death, Multiple myeloma, My Family, Village
AS the snow lay heavily across this perfect land. Temperatures plummeted to an all time low. Lanes were covered thickly with snow and packed ice. Branches weighed heavily with icicles as though they wept their perfect tears along with our sorrow. Important paths were...
by Susie | Nov 23, 2010 | Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, Uncategorized
My beloved Hamada quietly and peacefully and with great dignity left us today to go home to be with God. “Dear Universe a new angel has joined. He is handsome, caring, loving and a great symbol of courage and strength. His wings spread across the globe sincerely and...