We’ve been married for one week. We've viewed each other as husband and wife ever since deciding to travel together so the significance we felt after the formal ceremony came as something of a surprise to both of us. As the day approached I realised I was excited as much by the new beginning as I was by the day itself. In the aftermath of the warm glow of the day I finished reading a book that has left a mark and chimes with this starting of a new chapter. It is called “The C

Today is a strange day. Two pieces of bad news hitting within minutes of each other have shaken me. Two totally unrelated people on different continents, linked for a moment by me receiving the news that neither is here any longer. Death is unique is such a deeply strange and unsettling thing. The first thing that hits me is the finality of it - I'll never see either person again. Strange that should be my first feeling when moments ago there were no plans or expectations tha