The blood donation nurses visited work today for their regular donor session in our conference room. I went along as usual to give blood, but it felt much more poignant this time. I couldn’t help remembering how much better Chris felt after his two blood transfusions. Each one gave him so much more energy – […]
I blogged a few weeks ago about donating our little Polo to charity via giveacar.co.uk. At the time, I expressed doubts as to whether it was all too good to be true. So I thought it only fair that I update the blog to say that it’s all worked very smoothly. I phoned giveacar on […]
Somehow, applying for probate seems like a huge step to take – though a very necessary one if I ever want to be able to access Christopher’s savings. The probate office of HMRC were very helpful and sent me all the forms straightaway back in August. But I found the forms surprisingly intimidating and kept […]
I really wasn’t convinced that this blog would survive to the beginning of October. Chris had paid for the web hosting service until the end of September, and the company concerned is the one I’ve had the most trouble with, when trying to get things moved into my name. The email traffic, phone calls and […]
Malvern is a medium-sized town, but sometimes it has quite a small-town feel about it. Pretty much every time I go into town shopping, I meet someone I know and stop for a chat. This seems to astonish my sister, who has been visiting recently, as she lives in commuter territory in Greater London where […]
I took another donation along to the hospice on Thursday, in addition to an envelope full of cheques. I didn’t want to give it to the Appeals Director along with the money, as I’d never met her before so wasn’t sure whether she had a sense of humour. However, I noticed that the receptionist was […]
I went back to the hospice today give their Appeals Director all the donations which people so kindly gave in memory of Christopher – both at the crematorium and subsequently via the funeral director. The total came to just under £1500, which I then matched. Together with whatever is raised by the scrapping of the […]
We bought our VW Polo new, 15 years ago. It’s been a super little car, with a very willing engine, but we really have run it into the ground. The electrics have been dodgy for years – the central locking hasn’t worked for ages, and the electric window in the driver’s door broke about seven […]
I can see why solicitors charge a small fortune for acting as executors of a Will. It’s taking me around an hour a day, every day, to sort out Christopher’s estate – and that was with us knowing that he was dying so trying to get things straight beforehand. I’m trying to do one thing […]
I spoke to the funeral directors today, and Christopher’s ashes will be ready for me to collect from them on Monday. He was quite clear about what he wanted me to do with them, indeed we talked about it quite a bit over the past few months. He wants me to scatter his ashes, a […]
