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Author Archives: vickmcq
And….relax… (or at least try)
My third week since moving. People keep asking me if I have settled in, which seems like a strange question to be asked so early. Can you settle into somewhere straight away after living somewhere else for 10 years? Not … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss
Tagged alone, Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, life, loneliness, lonely, loss, pain, Widow, widowed
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Stealing a moment for reflection
This is genuinely the first moment I have had to reflect and write in the last week (When I haven’t been too tired). What a week. It’s felt like a whole year has past by. Packing up the house required … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Theology
Tagged Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, life, loneliness, loss, pain, Widow, widowed
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Moving forward, not moving on.
So the week I move has finally arrived. My gosh. I cannot tell you how difficult it has been. The day I found out the completion date I cried all day long. I was a wreck, the limbo I have … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Uncategorized
Tagged Bereavement, Faith, grief, life, loss, Widow
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This and that…
Gone back and forth whether it is wise to write my blog at this current moment… juries still out and I’m not waiting for them to come back in so… I recognise it is a highly turbulent week ahead with … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Uncategorized
Tagged grief, life, loss, pain, Questions, Widow
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Head Space. (Very Long post)
The last month or so has been full on. I have been in three different countries (if you count The Vatican as a separate country, which it does). I have worked the most since John passed away, I have had … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Bible, counselling, Deconstruction, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, grief, life, Theology, Widow
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Profound Loneliness
Yesterday I spoke to someone about the loneliness I have felt, and I realised I can handle about 90 percent of it pretty well, it’s the 10 percent that is profound loneliness that I cannot. Nothing touches it. Nothing. No … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance
Tagged alone, Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, Hurt, Jesus, life, loneliness, lonely, Lord, loss, pain, Widow, widowed
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Ciao!
Tonight is the eve of what should be our 10th wedding anniversary. I write this from St Peters Square in Rome. Couldn’t face waking up tomorrow in the house knowing we should be celebrating so spontaneously treated myself to a … Continue reading
