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Book Review: Perfect Victim

Posted in Book Reviews, My Family's Grieving Journey, tagged , , on 11 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Perfect Victim by Elizabeth Southall and Megan Norris
This book is a true story about the disappearance and murder of 15 year old Rachel Barber in March 1999 in Victoria, Australia. There are two “stories” running parallel – the story of Rachel’s family’s anguish and grief as told by her mother, Elizabeth Barber (using the pen [...]

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In Remembrance

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey, tagged on 18 May 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s been three years. I miss your smile, your laugh and your hugs but I treasure the memories you gave me.
Love you always,
Mum

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The End of the Road

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey, tagged , , , , , , , on 14 February 2008 | 15 Comments »

In three months it will be two years since Barry decided to end his time on Earth and move into the great unknown. For the family and friends he left behind, we grieved in many ways, for many months. In fact, the process continues for most of us, to varying degrees.
However, I have [...]

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Kindred Spirit

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey, tagged , , , , on 30 January 2008 | 4 Comments »

Two weeks ago I found a long, lost aunt. I had been searching for her for some time and was overjoyed when I saw her photo on a company website along with her contact details. I have since reunited her and my mum and it made me feel proud that I succeeded in [...]

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Looking Back at Christmas Day 2007

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey, tagged , , , , on 28 December 2007 | 2 Comments »

My family has experienced a second Christmas without Barry. From my point of view, and that’s all I can really comment on, we did extremely well.
I deliberately changed the ways we do things this year. I invested in a new tree and decorations. I invited the family to join us for Christmas [...]

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The Passing of My Uncle

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey on 5 December 2007 | 7 Comments »

Today I found out that my uncle passed away from cancer on Sunday 2 December. It was a shock, even though the time frame given when diagnosed was unbelievably short. I think he was only diagnosed four or five months ago. I didn’t know him well, as they live 3,000 kilometres away [...]

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Preparing for Another Christmas

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey on 4 December 2007 | 4 Comments »

This will be our second Christmas without Barry. We survived last year, so there’s a good chance we’ll survive this one too. In fact, you would think our chances are much improved. Although I’ve heard differently.
Last year, I wrote several posts about how we were coping. Today, I went back and [...]

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Then, Now and the Immediate Future

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey on 3 December 2007 | 6 Comments »

The beginning of last week was…well, what can I say? The word “awful” just doesn’t seem to sum it up well enough. After everything that happened I did, however, give the mother of the girl the opportunity to voice her side of the situation and having done so I have decided that I [...]

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Protected: Making Choices

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey on 26 November 2007 | Enter your password to view comments

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Uphill Battle

Posted in My Family's Grieving Journey on 23 November 2007 | 4 Comments »

To top off an already bad week, I got the results of the tests I had done last week, which I wrote about in the post called Finding Myself. A blood disorder I had over two years ago … has returned. This means I’ll experience regular migraine headaches, stomach pains and, on most [...]

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