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S Seven Winters Without Shelter

Where I speak about a childhood guilt across decades, for a rottweiler named Rocco who spent eleven years in a garden, seven winters curled against a door he was never allowed through, and a lifetime without the family he loved.
- Section Journal
- Published 6 March, 2026
- Tags
  - Dog ,
  - Family ,
  - Helplessness
- Reading Time 5 mins
T The Messenger at the Fire Door

Where I realise that the veil between worlds is thinner than we think, and the dead still find ways to keep in contact.
- Section Journal
- Published 5 March, 2026
- Tags
  - Veil ,
  - Messenger ,
  - Pigeon ,
  - Nan
- Reading Time 2 mins
T The Weight They Handed Down

Where I trace the origins of my oldest wounds, back to the child who was asked to carry what no child should, and forward to the adult still learning to set it down.
- Section Journal
- Published 4 March, 2026
- Tags
  - Trauma ,
  - Cbt ,
  - Parentification
- Reading Time 6 mins
M Marble and Stone

I cross a continent in a single day to say goodbye , only to find, standing before the open coffin, that grief does not always arrive when it is expected, and that love needs no performance to be real.
- Section Journal
- Published 23 February, 2026
- Tags
  - Funeral ,
  - Death ,
  - Grief
- Reading Time 3 mins
T The Quiet After

In the days following my grandmother's passing, I discover that love, stubbornly, refuses to end where life does.
- Section Journal
- Published 16 February, 2026
- Tags
- Reading Time 2 mins

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