Stories from: St Wilfred's Hospice, Eastbourne
Something Extraordinary
Over my 40 years nursing I must have met thousands and thousands of people, and I truly believe that whoever
Read moreAnimal Burial
I didn’t have a pet, but went through the animal burial rite of passage with a dead robin I found
Read moreOn Lawn 8
If you are interested in unusual places for ashes to be scattered, the father of a friend of mine was
Read moreReluctantly but Thankfully
Death has taught me my whole life… my dad died suddenly when I was 9. I was always the girl
Read moreGive me the Night
My mum was given 3 weeks to live with bowel cancer, she lived well for 16 months, despite the last
Read moreHilarious and Perfect
My friend Jim and his partner Phil both died during the AIDS epidemic in the 1990’s. My last view of
Read moreBeing ‘On Ice’
My mum died in America while I was here in the UK. One of my sisters held a phone to
Read more‘The Deceased’
The first funeral director that had my grandma couldn’t stop calling her ‘the deceased.’ She was Audrey, Mrs Burgin, Mummy,
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