holiday essentials: passport, towel, grief...
t/w death and grief As we are in the midst of Summer, I’ve been thinking a lot about our family holidays, and have been reflecting on the bittersweetness that comes with making new memories without them. All photos are of Dad on holiday :) We gave Dad’s 60th birthday trip to Iceland a miss as it felt slightly less celebratory going without the birthday boy himself. As much as family bonding time over the Northern Lights and hot springs would have been nice, we were unfortunately busy being bonded through something considerably less fun. I’ve always loved travelling and going out of my comfort zone, something which has largely been inspired by my Dad, and I was fortunate enough to experience a year of travel and living abroad in 2023 which I absolutely adored. So, another strange adjustment of grief for me was the initial craving to spend as much time as possible in the comfort of my own home or university house. I think the most exotic places I went to in the first couple of months...