Death | LOUISE ALLAN

Some Thoughts on Suicide and Death and Grief

by Louise Allan | May 19, 2021 | DIARY, FAMILY AND PARENTING, MEMOIR

With that heading, this post probably doesn’t require a CW, but if you’re not in a place to read about this topic right now, close the tab and don’t scroll down. This post hasn’t captured everything I want to say, perhaps because it’s too...

Some Thoughts on Death and Dying

by Louise Allan | Sep 10, 2016 | FAMILY AND PARENTING, MEMOIR, PHOTOGRAPHY

There’s been a bit of an existential theme happening with my kids lately, and they’ve wanted to talk about death and dying and the universe. My older son wrote a poem about a child’s funeral. He came up and read it to me and,...

Part 3: And life goes on …

by Louise Allan | Sep 29, 2013 | MEMOIR, WRITING

This is the third and final instalment in this series about my sister’s death. If you want to read the earlier instalments, click for Part 1 or Part 2. However, I pulled all three posts together as a single essay, which I called, ‘Tribute to a...

Part 2: The next few days

by Louise Allan | Sep 15, 2013 | MEMOIR, WRITING

This is Part 2 in a series I’ve written about the death of my sister. If you wish to read Part 1, click here. I have made it easier to read by pulling all three parts together as a single essay, ‘Tribute to a Sister’. ~ My sister’s boyfriend’s...

Part 1: Friday, November 13th, 1987

by Louise Allan | Sep 14, 2013 | MEMOIR, WRITING

*I’ve combined the three blog posts about my sister’s death into a single essay, which might be easier to read and which you can find here. On Friday, 13th November, 1987, my sister, Fran, and I were in the thick of end-of-year exams at the...

In Memory of My Father

by Louise Allan | Mar 25, 2013 | MEMOIR

It is one year today since my father passed away. He had Alzheimer’s and over the preceding year I’d watched his brain and body decline. The day before he died, I walked into his room at the nursing home and did a double take: I thought I was too late. He was lying on...