Grief has given a Danish journalist the strength to live her life in Dublin on her own terms and find healing
Joyce Cathleen Hall Andersen: 'Even the simple gesture of people greeting the bus driver is something completely different from the introversion s of Danes.'I decided to move to Dublin because I needed a change. I felt stuck at home, so when the opportunity to move to the Irish capital arose, I went for it.
I’m sure anyone who’s had a big death in the family can relate to the feeling of a sudden, complete transformation of one’s way of looking at life. There’s a before and after that’s so apparent, it almost feels like you were transported to a new, parallel universe.Neven Maguire on recipes, restaurants and working out to dance records at 6am: ‘The only Michelin I want are the tyres on my car’
Irish wit is something quite special. It’s like you’ve all mastered when to crack a joke at the right time in the right way Because that’s what grief does to you, it forces you to a standstill because it’s impossible to do anything else but feel whatever you’re feeling.So there I was in Denmark, a country I love, but also one where death is taboo, people are often busy planning their next moves in life and in general not the best at asking how one’s doing, mostly because it makes us uncomfortable if the answer to “how are you?” isn’t a positive one.
Yes, you might not have the best weather and bluest skies, but you definitely possess a friendliness that outweighs all that.
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