39 year old Aussie, who's lived in the UK for 9 years now, but....moving back to Brisbane, Australia at the end of March!

Mother to 3 adopted girls, and wife to 1 mad English man.

Currently experiencing the turmoil, frustration and emotion of going through puberty with teenage daughters!

Recently experienced the heartbreak and cruelty of losing a parent.

Proud owner of 2 King Charles Cavalier dogs, who don't throw tantrums or answer back! Thank God for dogs!

I have joined Helium to try my hand at writing. I'm so full of all sorts or raw emotions, amazing memories and unfulfilled (to date) ambition, that I'm hoping this will be a release of some sort.

Happy to be critiqued, and receive advice and guidance.

All new friends welcome!

:-)

My passion is ...

life and family

I know too much about ...

grief, death and dying.

My parents always told me ...

they're proud of me

My childhood ambition ...

to be a nurse

My favorite memory ...

my holiday to Hong Kong with my Mum and Dad at age 14

Why I write ...

to try to release emotion

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Greys Anatomy, House, Holby City, Ruth Rendell

My first job ...

legal secretary

My best moment ...

getting 3rd best sales in the UK and winning a week, all expenses paid for 2 at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai!

My inspiration ...

my Daddy

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Death of a parent

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Clichs. Life is full of clichs. Why bother using them? They're useless space fillers and mean nothing to anyone. They comfort nobody. You don't understand. You DON'T know how I feel. So pleaseno more! Just be quiet. Let me feel empty. Let me hear the emptiness. Just sit there. Be with me. Feel my grief.and LET ME GRIEVE!

These are my thoughts as eventually I come face to face with my friends and colleagues after my return back to the UK following my Daddy's death in Australia.

Death, dying, grief and grieving. Four things that terrify people and four things we all know the...

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