Whatever our creed or background and outlook on life, there are times of the year that are set into the annual calendar when we mark our diverse cultural heritage, and which celebrate certain aspects of humanity, and different faiths.
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I recently returned from a road trip in America, visiting the great national parks, which are rightly highlighted as some of the nation’s greatest natural treasures.
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Alongside the final departure of our revered Duke of Edinburgh this weekend, I was also quietly saying goodbye to my faithful Labrador of 14 years, Tara. Although there could not have been more disparity between the two events, in many ways, I reflected that the feelings surrounding their departure were remarkably similar.
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I don’t know why I found myself moved to tears when trying to explain to a five-year-old on Sunday morning what was going on at the Cenotaph. He was fascinated by the men in uniform and wanted to know what their ‘badges’ were for? I said they were called medals and were given to soldiers who had fought a war, and that these people were called heroes, and today was the day that we remembered what they did.
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What Price Dying? The Big Funeral RIP-off – Hannah Betts lets rip on the outrageous cost of funerals these days! She went through the experience of loss recently, with the death of her mother, and then within the space of a year, her father – a lot to deal with by any measure.
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