Tag: A.A. Milne

His Name

Post author By Waking the Wombat
Post date 19/08/2020
17 Comments on His Name

Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the day my brother lost his fight with leukaemia; a day I have difficulty in remembering every year. My natural coping mechanism was to erase the date from my memory. I always know it’s August but can’t remember exactly when. But yesterday my parents sent me photographs and a […]

Tags A.A. Milne, bereavement, Brother, Family, grief, Leukaemia, winnie the pooh, writing

Aussie Life Books Family

His Name

Post author By Waking the Wombat
Post date 23/08/2016
7 Comments on His Name

I found our old childhood book while rummaging through a removal box for something else. The cover was slightly torn but it brought a smile to my face; a well-loved book, Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. I opened the cover and there on the inside page his name written in blue ink in his unmistakable cursive hand-writing. […]

Tags A.A. Milne, Brother, Family, winnie the pooh, writing