There are days when memories of us sneak up on me. It’s almost like I can see you back in the corners of my mind. At times, it’s like I can feel your presence, a warmth that envelopes me. I’m ...
On April 26th, 2019, a group of friends. Barrie and I, went to see Andrea Bocelli live in Abu Dhabi. We were living in Dubai at the time, so it seemed a shame not to go watch one of our ...
Barrie used to get perturbed when I said that. He said in his experience when someone close to him said, “I’ve been thinking.”, it would either cost him money or mean trouble. I was/am always saying, “I’ve been thinking.” It ...
Barrie and I loved the spring. We were more spring-summer-autumn people than we were winter people, despite having been born in cold countries. He was from Cornwall; I was born in Vancouver. As soon as the calendar hit March 21st ...
The first time I heard this was when we were Skyping. We hadn’t met in person yet. He had such a wicked sense of humor! It’s something I often repeat because it was one of his most endearing and memorable ...
I looked the definition of quirky up in the dictionary because I wanted to find a word that described my love, friend and soul mate. According to the Cambridge Online English dictionary it means “unusual in an attractive and interesting ...
I journal every day. I have been talking to him through my writing and in my head. I speak to him through the pictures I have around the house. I watch videos of him, yet, it’s barely been a year ...
I’m just coming out of another rough week! Just when I thought I was doing so well, I find myself back in the depths of sorrow. A friend says it might have been triggered by the wonderful time on the ...
A year has come and gone since Barrie’s passing. It has been an intense year; a year in which I have done so many things I wouldn’t have done if Barrie had been here. For a few months, I went ...
In the end, I’ve gotten through the holidays without fretting as much as I thought I would. There have been tears, there has been sadness, but something his daughter said to me has grounded me despite my sadness and the ...