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My daughter Zuzu asleep

The modern gods of pain

Posted on by Tim Smith

Though not as packed with anxious parents and carers, medical staff and cleaners as it would be in a few hours, the hospital was still populated by that mix of worried and joyful adults that is peculiar to children’s wards and hospitals. The atmosphere was hopeful. I’ve found the same to be true on neuro wards but that’s a story for another time.

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Me and my daughter Zuzu in our garden in Sydney.

Fathers Day 2020 – A Sad Admission

Posted on by Tim Smith

Fathers Day in the UK is rolling around again. Every year since my daughter Zuzu died in July 2005 in her room in my flat in Sydney I contend with this day. This year it’s hit me in a different way.

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