Books by Doug Jordan
24.13 Grief Revisited
This July is the tenth anniversary of the start of Marlene’s journey with cancer. Ten years is a long time to grieve. But grief never goes away, it just gets quieter.
2024-07-13
Travels with Myself
A Journal of Discovery and Transition
Doug Jordan, Author
Grief
21-10. Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, II
The problem of death for the mourner is the pain of loss. It is not the loss of the past – the past is already past, and we still have our memories and photographs. The grief of loss is for the loss of future experience of the loved one – the promise of the future is that we can live again the present we take for granted. But with death, we have no more presents, we can no longer enjoy the company of the lost loved one.
2021-05-30
20-1.1 Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
I know I said I would only issue a new edition of Travels With Myself II twice a month. But some stories can’t wait two
2020-06-18
TWM – 10. There ain’t no cure for love, nor for many cancers
Marlene’s condition gradually, inevitably, worsened. The tumour in her intestines may have been arrested but the damage had been done. Intestinal occlusion was the consequence.
2019-07-25
TWM – 9. Our Journey with Cancer
It is now likely the most dreaded word in the language, the C word – Cancer. It brings instant shock and the immediate cycle of
2019-07-25
