When the Best Laid Plans Are Turned Upside Down

white dandelion

There are moments that split life into a before and an after. You do not realise they are coming, because you cannot. You make plans based on the world as it is, and on the people you trust will still be standing beside you. You imagine time will move in its usual steady line. Then […]

When Life Turns Without Warning

person holding lighted oil lamp

There are moments we never imagine writing about, moments we think belong to other people’s stories. Last week, one of mine arrived. My best friend of more than fifty years died suddenly. One day she was here, laughing with her family, planning the ordinary things of the week. The next day she was gone. No […]