24/10/2026
“Sorrow will remain faithful to itself. More than you, it knows the way” - John O’ Donohue. Today is Dad’s birthday again, and he’s not here. Again. Grief removes its layers and amplitudes of feeling shift and change but affection and loss remain the same. The small things, the big things, all missed; the many things bringing you back to memory, back to life in that moment. Recently a chat with Ace Sid from Zen Broadband helped me with a little more letting go - I’ve finally let go of my landline. Listening to Sid share his own story of loss, I realised I’ve been waiting for him to call for nearly four years. Not being able to say goodbye is hard. Meeting others in their own grief and journeys of accepting the Small Things that are lost, warms the hearts and helps me (at least) find the courage to believe that Love is not only as strong as Death, it can be stronger. And then the door to gratitude swings open and I hear him laughing, he who taught me (partly) to be the cheeky creature that I (partly) am. Thanks Dad, long live impermanence, to Orion’s Belt and beyond. 💫