https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/12/call-for-psychosis-treatment-overhaul-after-evidence-of-autoimmune-trigger?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/02/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-by-making-us-spellbound-by-nature

Many years ago we bought a pine chair for the kitchen.

It was larger and taller than the average dining chair and reminded me of the chair in van Gogh’s painting. My husband like to sit in the kitchen with the door open to look at birds also listen to the radio and that is why I decided we should get this special chair

After he died I didn’t think about the chair very much and I rarely sat on it. So a couple of weeks ago I decided to move it out of the kitchen where it was taking up space.

The next day as I was walking into the kitchen my hand reached out to hold the chair back but it wasn’t there.

I nearly fell over. That kept happening for several days and even now I have to be careful. I’m missing it. It takes a long time for the brain to adjust when you move the furniture so imagine how long it takes to adjust when you lose a beloved person

No matter how many times you tell yourself they are not here you still reach out for them or pick up the phone to phone them before you get the pain of grief. They are not there:they are missing