September 1st will mark six months without my dad. It doesn’t seem that long at all.
My mum and I have just been looking at photos from the funeral. In retrospect, although it was sad to say goodbye, it was quite silly, too. I said at the time that I thought it was just as he’d [...]

I’ve been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster the past few weeks but I’m slowly picking things back up again; even when you know someone is dying (and I did; my stepfather was diagnosed with cancer nearly a year ago, after having a stroke at the end of January 2007) you’re never quite prepared [...]

Last year, my stepfather was diagnosed with a Grade IV Glioblastoma multiforme brain tumour. It was inoperable, although he was able to undergo intensive radiotherapy and a single course of chemotherapy. He was given two years, but went on Saturday 1st March 2008, after 11 months.
We held a humanist funeral this afternoon, and had him [...]