Father's Day is hard in our house. Maybe not as bad as last year, though....we keep busy and to ourselves a bit. It's particularly hard for my eldest - I feel he is only now coming to terms with and accepting his father's death, 18 months on. Tomorrow is a new day, though. I remember the ads for FD last year used to grate like nails on a blackboard...now I just block them out. The day is just about over and I won't read any more facebook posts about fathers today.
Good news since my last post....I've written a picture book about a little girl dealing with her father's depressive illness and Wombat Books (thanks Rochelle) will be publishing it next year...probably in Mental Health Week...that's the plan, anyway. Have seen the storyboard for the illustrations and have high hopes!
Also wrote an article about being left behind, which would be great to be published - especially as we approach World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10.It was cathartic to write about the day Greg took his life and banish a few demons in the process. RUOK Day is on the 15th September - I am promoting this on both facebook and twitter (@sharonmacg)
Read a good article in today's SH about Lori, also left behind earlier in 2011. She spoke about being disconnected and I remember that feeling so well.....it is still with me sometimes.
Spring is here and our clivea (which Greg planted) are in full bloom. His garden lives on, in spite of me.
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