Taking Stock – December 2023

December 6, 2023

Can you believe it’s December and nearly Christmas? No, me either. There seems to be a pattern developing in our family whereby emotionally challenging times come around this time of year. Dad passed away on 2 December 2017, 6 years ago now. Mum was hospitalised the first time in November/December 2021. She was discharged from hospital just a week prior to Christmas that year. And here we are again November/December 2023 – a fall out of bed, hospitilisation, Covid, the…

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