'Hallowe’en, the eve of All Hallows’, or All Saints’, was considered to be when wandering souls were about.' Photo: Jack Cain / Unsplash.
‘So how, one might wonder, can one hallow, or make holy one’s diminishments?’
Rosalind Smith reflects on ‘hallowing’
by Rosalind Smith
25th October 2019
Seven years ago, when my husband began to exhibit signs of Alzheimer’s disease, I became his full-time carer. Since then I have had to relinquish various activities and interests, all of which were rewarding and life-enhancing. Recently, John Yungblut’s Pendle Hill pamphlet On Hallowing One’s Diminishments has been speaking to my condition.
