Tag: Assisteddying

  • The pleasure of Patience

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    My mum was coming down her stairs. A difficult feat in her last days and only performed if she had an appointment she had to attend. I was working daily on a roller coaster of emotions. The intensity of caring for an elderly, widowed mother with historic emotional challenges, was not easy. “Come on mum… Read more

  • Letters to press

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    Dear Letters department, Assisted Dying Vote March 17 2026 Have we forgotten the State Intervention we loathed during COVID? Preventing the spread of the COVID virus took precedence over all the usual etiquette between patients, their families, healthcare and the State. Anything that divides families, creates information vacuums, fear through isolation can only lead to… Read more

  • The ton, the telegram and the terrified

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    Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. To be the ton – a whole hundred years on the planet! And, if the Royalty is still in situ in Britain in 2072, to get a telegram of congratulations! It’s hard to write a letter to my 100 year old self. So many variables. I can’t imagine… Read more