Grief is an odd one you think you are ok and then something very strange sends you months back and you have to start again. Having Boo has changed the way we are grieving for Rhianna. Changed the way I am grieving. When Rhianna died …
So last year we kept a big secret, the fact that we were having another baby. Boo arrived on December the 3rd and was a great end to a really rubbish time in our lives. But it doesn’t mean that everything that happened disappeared. That …
Father’s Day is an odd one when you have one child not with you, and have little children. We make the most of it for Baba, but it is still a sad day as there should be two cards, two sets of presents and two …
Everyone who reads this blog knows that I openly support the work that Saying Goodbye does for family and friends of people who have lost babies and children, but I had not managed to get to one of their services. I was supposed to go …
I always knew I was going to find this hard. It has been on my mind for a long time. Working out what we are going to do, how we are going to do things. And thinking of things to do. But I never knew …
I was dreading Mother’s Day there was a part of me that really didn’t want it to happen. The day where all the Mother’s in the world celebrate that they are a Mother and their children give them gifts and thank them. How are you …
It is Mother’s Day this weekend, it is a day I have loved since we had Baba, last year we were all excited on Mother’s Day and I wanted it to be a fantastic day as it was going to be our last with just …
It was never going to be easy, we tried our hardest to try not to think about what was in front of us. A lot of December I spent wishing it away completely, as I really didn’t want it here. But there was no stopping …
Five months ago today we lost you Five months ago today we held for the first and last time Five months ago today our lives were shattered And our hearts were broken Five months ago your big brother stopped being a regular three-year old And …
There is no right and wrong way to grieve, grieving is such a personal thing, only you yourself can know if you are grieving correctly for you at that time in your life. But that doesn’t mean it is easy. Especially when there are three …