15/05/2026
Went to a great networking meeting today with M.I.B where Sarah from Radiance spoke about choosing the right decision about your business that is right for you.
I also met a lovely lady Jo from How Does She Do It who was helping women with their own business network in a safe space. She gave out card of words that you randomly selected that she had wrote and then she gave one separately to me about grief as she has heard from the other ladies I was still dealing with the passing of my dad. After I read it, it dawned on me that it's exactly a year ago, to the day, that it was Dad"s funeral. I instantly broke down in tears but I welcomed in and embraced that moment and acknowledged my feelings. I did worry Jo at the time, especially as I had just met her that day. Oppss
I can't believe it's been a whole year. I needed those words today. But I felt pride that I have turned a corner in my grieving process and in the same meeting I was celebrating getting some recent 5 star reviews in my photography.
Also the other day, while emptying out my daughter's drawers I found a notebook of mine she had borrowed and it had my draft version of a letter I wrote to my dad as a final goodbye before he passed. It gave me strength knowing that I told him how much I loved and appreciated him. I forgot what I had written at the time.
I find comfort knowing that Dad is with us in spirit helping us through these stages of finding the 'new norm' without him physically in our lives. I take these little incidents like getting a poem card from stranger has a sign from him that he is with me watching me with my small wins in my business and further finding ways of expressing my love for photography and most importantly, that I have the power in me to simply grow into the woman I want to be.
