Learning to Live Again

As all of you will know, Mike and I have been recovering from the tragic death of our beloved daughter Ruby. It has been nearly 6 months and the road we have travelled has been long and hard and full of dark and very scary places. The journey is far from over, but we have made progress in restoring our lives again without our beautiful girl.

It is in fact Ruby who keep us going.

We moved to Whitstable so that we could live our life as a family by the sea and living here has really been one of the most dominent factors in our healing process. Living by the sea is really such a special place, the sea is such a powerful force. The wildness of the landcape in the winter is such an exilerating place to be and being by this element at a time when your emotions are so raw, makes you face your fears and confront your grief. The sea is also a very calm and healing place. It is somewhere to think, to cry and to be comforted. The sea also tells us by the very nature of the turning of the tides that time will keep moving.

And thats exactly what Mike and I have had to do, keep moving, learning to live again.