by An-Magriet McKerrell | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorised
Last week I received a phone call that has given me so much hope and excited me so much I had to write a blog about it. A well-known and very respected intensivist (sexy word for ICU doctor or specialist physician – let’s call her Dr Desai for the...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Apr 4, 2023 | Uncategorised
When my best friend was at varsity they had an assignment to write their own eulogy. This sounded terribly morose to us as 19-year-olds but now in retrospect, I think the professor was rather wise. It made us realise that we need to live our lives so that we can make...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Mar 26, 2023 | Uncategorised
In Anne Lamott’s book Bird by Bird she says; “Dying people can teach us this most directly. Often the attributes that define them drop away—the hair, the shape, the skills, the cleverness. And then it turns out that the packaging is not who that person has really been...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorised
My very dear friend, Deline, and I often jokingly wonder whether people know about all the “ad hoc” things one does when you run a business (or in her case a church and a business). People don’t realize that a huge amount of your time is absorbed by frivolous things...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Mar 13, 2023 | Uncategorised
A recovery lodge that is truly holistic and patient-centred +27(0) 11 807 5060 | lodge@sunninghillrecoverylodge.co.za +27(0) 11 807 5060 | lodge@sunninghillrecoverylodge.co.za Last week a beloved and popular DJ, Mark Pilgrim, passed away after sharing, bravely...