Monthly Archives: May 2017

It is Palliative Care Week in Australia – a time to pause and reflect on the significant contribution made by those who care for the sick and dying in our families and the community. There was a time in our … Continue reading →

Every day of our lives, we are provided with yet another opportunity to learn a little more about life from another of perspectives. This is one of those days. In What we can learn from the dead, Alan Stokes (Sydney … Continue reading →

It might sound a bit odd, but I have mixed feelings about Mother’s Day. The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. … … Continue reading →

There are two sides to this story. On the one hand there are many ways to remember someone who has died by making or crafting something that perhaps was significant to them or something that we can remember them by. … Continue reading →