Real men don’t cry “So they say”

Real men don’t cry “So they say”

By Ceirid Sampson, Bereavement Counsellor Belgroves Funeral Home Limited I was told to be a man I needed to stand up tall, don’t bend my knees, and let no one see me fall. I was told to swallow my pride, not hide, and not cry. So, I had to decide when my father died, how to show this other side. Holding back the tears as all expected, I wish I could have exhaled as I wanted, but while I trembled beneath my clothes no one would have known how my …