My Beautiful Stories

This is the second of two parts. A bonus including stories posted on #mybeautifulstories, on @instagram, by our listeners.

This took longer to narrate, so it is now divided into two parts.
You can find the first part here.

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The more I listened to Liam tell his story, the more grateful I became about our daily shared cup of tea.
Too milky for my taste, it was my prop, something to hold on to when the telling became too hard to listen to.
Today's story is one with twists. It could have had a tragic ending, but it does not. The end is uplifting.
This is why we have decided to discuss GRATITUDE this week.
Should we practice it daily? To whom should we express gratitude?

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‘In hindsight I can see perhaps it was good that I was forced to confront my grief in so unadulterated a manner, but it was so hard - I would never choose it!’ Tamlyn

TW: This story and the conversation which ensues includes mentions of grieving and death.

Tammy lost her mother a few weeks before the first UK lockdown. Even more, 8,000 miles separated them and returning to the UK was in itself a little miracle.

DISCUSSION:

We discuss how having to grieve in unusual situations (such as a global pandemic) can feel like imprisonment with grief.

We argue that in order to overcome grief, a level of grounding ourselves in daily routines and usual encounters with people can be essential. Tammy was deprived of this.

Our discussion concludes with our own positive experience of having overcome grief, or rather, having learned to live with the loss.

RECOMMENDATION

Our recommendation is Arvo Part's Stabat Mater, a meditative and wonderfully evocative piece of music.

Series 3 of My Beautiful Stories podcast offers a space for YOUR STORIES to be heard.

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'As a child, I heard about the tall rock my grandmother used to live on, at the edge of the sea. I heard of the waves, crashing onto the shore, of their unmistakable sound, of the salt in the nostrils and the grilled fish for supper. '

SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 2 of series 4 - The Series of Things.

STORY:

Today's story tells of the few scarcity of belongings kept by my migrant grandparents.

DISCUSSION:

We ask what else migrants leave behind, apart from country, culture and sometimes family. Our discussion concludes with a meditation on what we possibly gain from forming connections with the migrant communities.

RECOMMENDATION:

This episode's recommendation is another film: THE WEEPING MEADOW which tells the story of a migrant community and also, of the harshness of war and all that war takes with it. The film is aesthetically pleasing, each frame is perfectly constructed and curated to the most minute details.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We would love for this series to be collaborative, and we invite you to bring your stories to the fold!
Please share the stories of those things that are not just things here or send me an Instagram message.

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