Flowers for Eleven [blog]

1 · Remy Sharp · Aug. 30, 2021, 9:28 p.m.
As I write this, it's the evening of the 30th of August. Previous years, indeed the last decade, this evening is terribly painful for me. This evening, 11 years ago Julie and I arrived at hospital, around this precise time, to find that during the late stages of labour, Tia's heartbeat had stopped. Previous years, this evening specifically I try hard to hold the pain (and fear and anger) at arm's length. This year has been different. As each year has always been different. No different bad or di...