by Jean Francis | Feb 26, 2022 | Community, Death, Environment, Grief
In Loving Memory of Dawn De Vivre/Dr Dawn Gibbins MBE… It is with great sadness that our beloved co-founder of Last Wishes has crossed the threshold. Many of Dawn’s activities revolved around the power of numerology, and it was significant that on 22/2/22 at...
by Amanda C Vesty | Jan 11, 2022 | Community, Grief, Well Being
8 Ways Laughter Is Good For Health and Well Being By Wendy Clarkson This is not a laughing matter. This is serious business. Laughter is good for your health and well being. What better time to try and remember this fact is leading up to and following a bereavement....
by Amanda C Vesty | Nov 11, 2021 | Ceremony, Death, Grief
In honour of Remembrance Day and all those who have died in the line of duty. We at Last Wishes honour all those who died in service and in sacrifice. Old Soldier Listen old soldier Wherever you are The hills or the valleys Come near or come far They say youth is a...
by Amanda C Vesty | May 5, 2021 | Grief, Uncategorised
Grief: Our reaction to loss. The reactions to death are many and varied and we grieve in our own ways and times. We express grief in different ways depending on who we are, what we believe, our culture and the circumstances surrounding the death of loved ones. Grief...
by Amanda C Vesty | Apr 29, 2021 | Death, Grief, Poetry, Uncategorised
I I weep for Adonais—he is dead! Oh, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head! And thou, sad Hour, selected from all years To mourn our loss, rouse thy obscure compeers, And teach them...
by Amanda C Vesty | Mar 30, 2021 | Death, Grief, Poetry, Uncategorised
TIME DOES NOT BRING RELIEF Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of the rain; I want him at the shrinking of the tide; The old snows melt from every mountain-side, And last year’s...