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Nowruz mobarak! from alinah 965 days old

[ ... ] me through - four generations in the front room, it felt good and safe somehow. It's been a triple one because Sunday, the day before your ...

Two years on today..(letter to my Mother) from alinah 1049 days old

[ ... ] me for you and a crown of ivy from Raphaella, into the waves. I didn't sense you there, its like you are very faraway now, you're spread far and ...

Snow falling in an empty house from alinah 1064 days old

[ ... ] of me, beautiful , huge snowflakes swirling around outside against the green. I felt it was HER - in the snowflakes, visiting us for 10 minutes in a ...

The smell of saffron. from alinah 1109 days old

[ ... ] me, with a spooky undertone, that they are saffrom crocuses - crocuses in autumn? A small gift from mum: I pulled out the saffron stamen from ...

The moment of death from alinah 1157 days old

'At the moment of death, abandon all thoughts of attachment or aversion' - Buddha maybe this why mum left us without us being present?

Grief from alinah 1169 days old

Now the rage has died down, and after my last counselling session and latihan, I am finding a way to be with the deep, deep sadness that has risen up ...

In the eye of the storm from alinah 1175 days old

The Mother to Mother project, now that it is online and i am simply maintaining the garden rather than creating it, has given me a prickly gift: of realising ...

My mother’s death : Boxing Day 2004 from alinah 1210 days old

Will also write from my journals in this space about that extraordinary event and what came after.

My daughter’s birth : Keri's account from alinah 1210 days old

[ ... ] (me,Keri) was called in to join the fray in the wee hours. Your mum was so amazing and strong as the first contractions got stronger-Parvin put on ...

All about my mother: parvin azadeh rieu from alinah 1210 days old

My cousin kooshah made a memorial film which we watched on the 1 year anniversary of her death on Boxing Day 2005 after drinking champagne at Birling ...