When Life Is 100% A Disaster…

You Need Tarot Self Care Advice

Claire McGregor
7 min readFeb 11, 2024
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Sorry for the dramatic title but that’s how it feels and I’m explaining why I really need help. I’m going for tarot self care advice as that’s what my blog is covering at the moment but I’m looking after myself in other ways too. You might be wondering what’s happened, so let me take you through it.

Death

My mum is one of oldest of 10 children and one of her youngest sisters is named Claire, she will be 62 next week. Not young I grant you, but certainly not old nowadays. Last Saturday we got the awful news that her husband Stephen died suddenly in the night aged 60. This was completely out of the blue and he was one of the loveliest men you could ever hope to meet. As I am married I tried to imagine being in that position, having the love of your life snatched away from you with no warning whatsoever.
I couldn’t do it, or perhaps more honestly, I didn’t want to.

Illness

I think most would agree that is pretty awful, right? I’m not done though, nowhere near! Just two days later, my uncle was unable to wake up my grandma. Yes, my aunt’s mother! Luckily she is still alive but for a while it didn’t look good. Grandma is 91 and in reasonable health but she’s very tired. When the time comes, I will miss her but…

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Claire McGregor
Claire McGregor

Written by Claire McGregor

I’m a writer taking my time to learn what good writing’s about and get my blog off the ground. I want to connect and learn. My Blog https://www.cmoomuses.com

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