Lives Recalled

In July 2000, Patrick was chosen to head up the first dedicated obituary column for The West Australian newspaper. Today's newspaper (1 August 2024), the same paper published his 700th obituary written for them. Quite the accomplishment. We are all very proud for him...

My article in today's West Australian...

Deal with grief’s discomfort It is human nature to want to take away pain from someone, but no words can do that. And because most of us don’t know what words to use when someone is in such pain, we tend to avoid their grieving altogether.