bereavement

3 min read 2022-01-07 00:34:49

2022, the first year without you

Pevensey Bay at sunset, December 2021 It is a new year; it is the first year since 1982 Kieran hasn’t seen at least part of, and that is another

30 min read 2022-01-01 10:00:18

10 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers

4 min read 2021-12-09 22:53:05

Back in October – how far away that seems, somehow – I reflected on six months of widowhood, and there I quoted the poem I use in the headline

1 min read 2021-11-04 18:03:24

Carved roast chicken, from The Spruce Eats Last night I stood in the kitchen picking at a chicken carcass and thinking about the moments before

1 min read 2021-10-07 22:09:07

On Monday it will be six months since Kieran died by suicide. One of the strangest things about being bereaved is what I’ve come to call the

1 min read 2021-09-26 17:30:42

Sam Collinge, Bereavement Lead Midwife at George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton reflects on her role supporting families who have been affected by

1 min read 2021-09-20 14:03:46

It’s time yet again to say another sad goodbye to a dear pet. These emotional partings seem to come around so quickly and you’re never really

1 min read 2021-09-18 02:17:05

If ever there was a year where it seems like I blinked and it was your birthday again, it might be this one. In some ways it feels as if you just

1 min read 2021-09-17 17:35:04

The grief journey is often like carrying a heavy pack through unknown terrain. Photo by Aravind Kumar on Unsplash. The psychological process of

1 min read 2021-09-08 21:30:54

So many people have had to postpone funerals and memorial services because of the pandemic, leaving many feeling like their grief is in limbo. Are

1 min read 2021-09-07 21:00:00

Tuesday – Sept. 7th, 2021 – 2pm EDT, 1pm CDT, 12pm MDT, 11am PDT & 7pm London BST, 8pm South Africa SAST, and on the 8th at 4am in

1 min read 2021-09-03 04:30:28

Good news! My new guided grief journal, How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed, is now available for Kindle.⁣ ⁣ ⁣Being allowed to tell the truth

1 min read 2021-08-16 22:28:35

Photo of a clipboard with notes for “My Resume” alongside a laptop, by Markus Winkler on Unsplash A couple of months ago I wrote a blog post

1 min read 2021-08-03 16:05:30

As lockdown eases, life slowly returns to normal but for those bereaved, COVID has wreaked a devastating impact. Part 4 in our Bereavement and Loss

1 min read 2021-07-23 00:47:00

As I shared in my last post, three weeks ago today (Thursday, July 1, 2020) my Dad died unexpectedly. On Saturday, July 10, 2020, we had his funeral