Stories from: Wanstead Library, East London

 

My Final Party

I’m a retired nurse and I learned such an enormous amount of facts and information about taking control/planning my own

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Allowing It To Be So

When my dad was dying we couldn’t really discuss it because my mum was coping by believing he would get

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Paid Leave for the Bereaved

Maybe we can open up the conversation and acceptance of death and the government provides paid leave for the bereaved.

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Stone Forest

‘Stone Forest’ – a small boys’ observation on his first visit to a graveyard.

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Your Grandmother Has Expired 

In India people say the word ‘expired’ when someone has passed away. When my grandmother in India passed away we

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A Hairy Moment

My 3 and 5 year old boys were involved in their Nanny’s death from the moment that she knew she

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I Couldn’t Be With Him

My son died 15 years ago by suicide so I couldn’t be with him. My brother died 3 years ago

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