Comments on: I’ll see you in my dreams

By: Catherine (18)

Catherine (18) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:00:14 +0000

thank you phil. i also lost my mother, when i was eight. the pain never leves you but it does get easier. whatever else i say wont be good enough as im rubbish at expressing myself so ill leave it there. you sound like a lovely, interesting person. i hope i meet someone like you one day (dont laugh!)good luck. x

By: Brian B.

Brian B. — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:09:10 +0000

Beautifully and movingly written. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself, Phil. Bereavement, even of an elderly parent, is among the hardest things we have to manage somehow, and it’s a help for us all to be admitted to another person’s inner sanctum of feeling and loss. We never really recover completely from the death of a parent (especially a mother) but it’s a sort of victory to be able to be calm and tranquil in its aftermath and to be able to recall with such affection what has obviously been a lovely life.

By: Nosemonkey

Nosemonkey — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:40:30 +0000

Ditto all the above. Not much more that can be said, really. Hope you’re alright, old man…

By: Martin Wisse

Martin Wisse — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:55:41 +0000

My condoleances with your loss.

By: Rob Jubb

Rob Jubb — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:50:20 +0000

I’m really sorry. All in all, it seems to have been a fairly shitty past twelve months.

By: Nich Hills

Nich Hills — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:31:40 +0000

Oh Phil.

Words seem inadequate at at time like this but you expressed yourself and your relationship with your mum well.

By: Clare

Clare — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:37:10 +0000

That was very moving.

I'm sorry. You speak very levelheadedly about it all, but it is of course still sad, so here's a {{{HUG}}}.