"This is what happens around the world; if you love, you grieve, and there are no exceptions." Funerals. They're not something people like to think about, let alone talk about. They conjure up images from the movies of families huddled together…

Last night, my husband and I drove through heavy winds and torrential rain from Glasgow back home to our cosy cottage in rural Cumbria. We’d just left our younger daughter, Eliza, behind to begin her new life as a university student. Messages…