<![CDATA[Stories by Helena Rues on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@helena.rues?source=rss-741b343bfa8e------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*HYYvGUQJAlVGvKlMGnRR8A@2x.jpeg Stories by Helena Rues on Medium https://medium.com/@helena.rues?source=rss-741b343bfa8e------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 23:28:36 GMT <![CDATA[The first time I cried as a Social Worker]]>

I was in the shower and I sobbed as my shoulders sagged with the awareness of reality, with the realisation of what people’s lives could…

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]]> https://medium.com/@helena.rues/the-first-time-i-cried-as-a-social-worker-7441c9f39f9e?source=rss-741b343bfa8e------2 https://medium.com/p/7441c9f39f9e Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:11:07 GMT 2020-09-09T19:11:07.397Z <![CDATA[A Kid]]>

February 28th

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Monday 9.30am. The phone rings.

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]]> https://medium.com/@helena.rues/phone-call-e7ced0af9f7d?source=rss-741b343bfa8e------2 https://medium.com/p/e7ced0af9f7d Mon, 25 May 2020 17:24:45 GMT 2020-05-25T17:24:45.317Z <![CDATA[There was a dead dog in the freezer.]]>

Your daughter always came over on a Friday with a smell that left your nostrils crying and you say you never knew why.

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]]> https://medium.com/@helena.rues/there-was-a-dead-dog-in-the-freezer-8fd3d455ea49?source=rss-741b343bfa8e------2 https://medium.com/p/8fd3d455ea49 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:57:18 GMT 2019-12-18T21:00:19.253Z <![CDATA[Learning to Slow Down]]>

At five years old my school report said ‘Helena rushes through her writing, missing out words and needs to learn to slow down’.

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Spring in Edinburgh. What a joke. At 9 degrees everyone — the dog walker, the lady at the bus stop, the regular who came in for his 2pm…

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]]> https://medium.com/@helena.rues/are-you-going-to-walk-me-home-d3eb196858b5?source=rss-741b343bfa8e------2 https://medium.com/p/d3eb196858b5 Sun, 05 May 2019 20:59:38 GMT 2019-05-05T20:59:38.404Z <![CDATA[It’s just normal]]>

When I close my eyes I dream of sunshine and the smell of your hair.

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When I told him I loved him I thought the earth was going to shake.

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]]> https://medium.com/@helena.rues/we-still-slept-in-on-sundays-d017b21026ad?source=rss-741b343bfa8e------2 https://medium.com/p/d017b21026ad Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:01:51 GMT 2019-04-18T21:01:51.034Z <![CDATA[Some Mornings — A Short Short Story]]>

Sometimes it’s hard to get out of bed.

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