Tag Archives: loss

The Small Dog Considers …

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Sue Vincent

He’s bringing tea and coffee through, With toast and honey, biscuits too, To pick her up when she feels drained… And I thought I had got him trained! * I’m sort of glad, though, to be fair, ‘Cause, what with … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged laughter, loss, love | 18 Comments

Ani’s Advent 2020! Lulu is lonely ~ but she has Pete Springer

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Santa, This virus that appears to be getting around the worldeven faster than you do, is going to make sure it is a very lonely Christmas for so many people. Families and friends cannot be together as they would … Continue reading →

Posted in Ani's Advent 2020, Dogs | Tagged Books, loneliness, loss, love, teaching | 7 Comments

Ani’s Advent Calendar 2020! A poem from Maggie

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Dear Santa, There are some of my friends missing from this year’s Advent Calendar. One of them is Maggie, who lived, held in love, from puppyhood to a wonderful old age. Two years ago, she sent me a poem. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Ani's Advent 2020, Dogs | Tagged Christmas, Dogs, loss, love, poverty | 4 Comments

Centenary

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

For some reason, the image moved me to tears. The ninety-four year old monarch standing, black-clad, alone and in silent respect, beside the tomb of a man buried six years before her birth on the centenary of his committal to … Continue reading →

Posted in war | Tagged grief, kinship, loss, motherhood, mourning, remembrance, symbol, unknown warrior | 2 Comments

For My Friend ~ Helen Glynn Jones

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

‘When you part from your friend, you grieve not; for that which you love most in him will be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.’ Ah, good old Kahlil Gibran, always … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged absence, friends, friendship, grief, heartbreak, Kahlil Gibran, laughter, life lessons, Life's Journey, loss, memory, other realms, Tennessee Williams, warmth | 6 Comments

Just a shell

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It’s just a shell. Small but perfect, Picked up on the beach that day. Its sits beside the little stone you found, Children hand in hand Along a winter shore. It’s just a shell. Nothing very special There were hundreds … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Empty, loss, memories, shells | 34 Comments

Blue #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Heather hued beauty Reminder of memories Moments lost from time *

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged haiku, loss, memory | 21 Comments

Of Need and Desire ~ Annette Kalandros #writephoto

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

So very willingly, I placed my head into danger’s toothy mouth When I climbed the Pilgrim’s stairs– Until dizzy from the height, Continue reading at Hearing The Mermaids Sing

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged dreams, emotion, lies, loss, love, metaphor, nature, Poetry, relationships, self awareness | Leave a comment

A Key To The Heart ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The last thing she believed was that her great-grandmother’s words had been literal. The old woman was prone to tall tales, lore and fairies, rumors and gossip, odd potions and odder notions. There were always layers of meaning. Lessons. Some … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged ancestry, creative writing, discovery, family, flash fiction, history, loss, mystery, new beginnings, past and future, relationships, short story, writephoto | 2 Comments

Ghosts

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We ran like children, playing in the snow, Geriatric teenagers with joints that creaked, While our tears froze, Ignored in laughter. We talked the wine away, until the sun rose Greeting it together, barefoot in the dew With a fierce … Continue reading →