Just a glance at the search terms that have led people to my blog, such as how to prepare for the death of an elderly parent, hammers home the obvious fact that while I may be basking in a heat wave doesn’t mean that others are not totally caught up in the final days of their beloved parents’ lives.
I met a woman last week who told me that she absolutely dreaded the thought of her mother dying and could not contemplate life without her.
All this was on my mind this morning as I went out very early to Newtown Wood and for a swim at Garrarus Beach here in Co. Waterford and I couldn’t but think of numerous conversations I had with my late mother over the years about how it is the apparently mundane things that are generally the most precious.
While I have serious…
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