Tag Archives: dealing with loss

Skull and crossbones

Posted on January 25, 2013 by amindfullife

Sitting again today in my favorite orthodox colleague’s office as he puts up a drip for my daughter.  A dear kind soul and friend who listened deeply to my story of distress and worry, earlier this past year, when few … Continue reading →

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Getting out of the way

Posted on December 14, 2012 by amindfullife

It’s taken me a while to get back to writing a new post, even as my mind and heart is preoccupied, my commitment to this blog writing demands that I not abandon it, to just write, no matter how imperfect. … Continue reading →

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Livid and the colour grey

Posted on December 4, 2012 by amindfullife

That morning, an encounter, that will long be seared into the wrinkling folds of my brain.  I was running late, knowing they would be waiting.  A teenager and his family, cared for by our team over the past weeks, my … Continue reading →

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A world of AIDS

Posted on December 1, 2012 by amindfullife

This day, for the past 24 years, has been about raising awareness around HIV and AIDS. For many of us, especially here in South Africa, this one disease has become central to our lives.  This is true for many of … Continue reading →

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Close up and intimate

Posted on October 27, 2012 by amindfullife

Being deeply loved… gives you strength, loving deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu   Those of us who work in the field of paediatric palliative medicine often have the experience that children with terminal illness, close to death, wait for … Continue reading →

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Stepping on landmines

Posted on October 17, 2012 by amindfullife

When war ends, when a surrendering of sorts comes into effect, there is always a time of assessing, gathering, integrating, rebuilding, and finding a way to move forward, to live back into our every day lives.  Sometimes this war has … Continue reading →

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Dreams of a Dung Beetle

Posted on September 8, 2012 by amindfullife

If you have been to one of my presentations these past few years you will recognise this photo.  I use it constantly and like to tell the story of the dung beetle, a scarab.  How it finds a nurturing environment … Continue reading →

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Acceptance

Posted on September 2, 2012 by amindfullife

“I finally seem to be accepting it”, my dad said last night.  His voice warm, close, and caring in my ear, despite the distance of a continent’s span between us. “What?” I said.  “That you are old?”  We had been … Continue reading →

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