brain tumour

In Memory of the man i nearly knew… Ray Ferrer, artist extraordinaire

[i wrote this post a week ago because i wanted to get permission from Ray's wife Rhian before posting it, but am glad to be able to share it now] UGH, Cancer. i woke up this morning to the news that an insanely gifted man i had befriended on the Twitterer had succumbed to the brain tumour that had taken him hostage, and died a few days ago. His wife Rhian, had just shared the news [...]

By brettfish|2015-05-26T16:40:56+02:00May 26th, 2015|pain and Hope, poems and other creativity, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Losing a child – meet Jess Kelly and Henry

This is a repost that Jess graciously allowed me to share - you can find the original over here and you can, and really should, consider following her blog, 'Jess in Process' - in this piece she talks about losing her four year old son, Henry, 14 months ago, to a brain tumour. FULL DISCLOSURE ***WARNING: GRAPHIC/DISTURBING CONTENT*** How have you been, Jess? I hear this from time to time. It’s been 14 months since my 4-year-old [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-19T12:52:22+02:00February 19th, 2014|God stuff, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|1 Comment