The memorial service for Sally will take place on Friday 22nd July at 2:00pm at Wellington Church, Glasgow. It will be streamed on the Wellington YouTube Channel. If coming, please wear bright clothing (at the request of the family, recognising Mum’s dress sense). You are welcome to join us afterwards in the church hall for light refreshments. We know that Mum had a vast network, please do pass this invitation on, and apologies if you had already been informed. With kind regards, Mark, Stephen & Jackie
The passing of Sally Beaumont on 9th June 2022 has left a sad echo in our sessions where we could count on her, even as she battled with her health, to contribute distilled and pithy wisdom in the form of her short pieces of writing. The family have been kind enough to give us her Mindfulness and Writing notebook and I include a pondering below. In the notebook there are attentive notes about our other writers' pieces and names...
Sally's memorial service is Friday 22 July at 2.00pm in Wellington Church, University Avenue.
And here is a moving obituary: RIP Sally Beaumont - Positive Action in Housing (paih.org)
Sally always promised Cap'n Bev she'd send something in for the blog; here is the last entry in her notebook, dated 22nd April 2022
Last of the Light
by Sally Beaumont ~ inspired by Toby Litt's "Hare"
nothing to do
nothing without the awareness of truth
but with the awareness
nothing becomes everything
the women, the men, the many
displaying their age
the slump, the grumping, the stumbling
even the trumpeting of inanities
helps us to settle in the here and now
in the last of the light
with love