To a gentle 2012

| December 31, 2011

Happy New Year to Friends and Family, past, present and future. And to our wider family. May 2012 be a gentler year for all. Tweet

A new addition to Avondale

| December 17, 2011

As a young medical student I was commonly told, Don’t feel too much. Keep your distance from patients and their emotions. I disagreed then and, after 20 years of experiential learning on the matter, I disagree now. One needs to feel for and with patients. Experience their joy. As well as their fear and aching. [...]

Tobi …

| December 14, 2011

Rest in peace little angel girl. We’ll meet again at the Rainbow Bridge. Tweet

The Grim Reaper’s come calling lately …

| December 2, 2011

… but at times has had to retreat with only the scythe he brought. When death involves those close to you it’s hard not to fall back on old paradigms of death involving fear and nightmarish images of the Grim Reaper. But when I quieten my aching heart and sit quietly with those departed I [...]