by Amanda C Vesty | Jan 12, 2021 | Children, Death, Grief, Poetry
A very beautiful heartbreaking and heart healing poem. Say Olin The time of concern is over. No longer am I asked how my wife is doing. Never is the name of our son mentioned to me. A curtain descends.The moment has passed. A life slips from frequent recall. There are...
by Amanda C Vesty | Oct 27, 2020 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Ceremony, Community, Death, History & Culture, superstitions, Uncategorised
The Mexican Festival of the Dead – El Dia de los Muertos – Jean Francis One of my most memorable holidays has to be a visit to Mexico to take part in the The Mexican Festival of the dead – El Dia de los Muertos. This festival is a sacred...
by Amanda C Vesty | Sep 22, 2020 | Death, Environment, Grief, History & Culture, Trees The Green Legacy, Uncategorised
Trees: The Sacred And The Science. How our personal connection with trees and nature brings greater understanding beyond data collection and analysis. How the tears of relationship feed the earth. Online one thing guaranteed to cause lively, if not fierce,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Sep 19, 2020 | Death, Environment, Pets, Poetry, Uncategorised
In the cold grey light of dawn You lay silent on the path, Cold in your unexpected end, Your coat still glossy soft As if you hadn’t died at all But had simply stopped to rest. No marks despoiled your silvered sides; No harsh distortion disfiguring Your face or limbs...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 23, 2020 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Children, Death, Environment, Final Resting Places, Poetry
Nature poems by Alexis Kivi (1834-1872). He was originally known as Alexis Stenvall. Kivi is the Finnish national writer, poet, playwright, novelist and the creator of modern Finnish literature. Kivi changed his name from the Swedish ‘Stenvall’, meaning ‘stone bar’,...
by Amanda C Vesty | Aug 19, 2020 | Beliefs in Afterlife, Death, Environment, Grief, Mementoes and Memorials, Pets, Uncategorised
Gemma Collins Speaks About the Death of Her Beloved Cat Twinkle The former Towie star, 39, opened up about her cat’s last moments and said she was put on a ventilator by a vet before she dying later that same day. Gemma’s claims came after a new report...
