For our first Christmas without Rhianna Lily family members brought her some lovely stones and items for her grave which Mr L and I went to get after a little while and brought home. This Christmas the amount of items that were brought was reduced …
It has been 18 months since Rhianna Lily died, they have not been an easy 18 months, some days are good. Some days are really bad. And some days are just ok. But life is very different. It isn’t how we planned it and it …
The other weekend we asked Baba what he wanted from Santa. He looked at us both and instantly said; “I want some flowers, a balloon, and a garden stone for Rhianna!” He took both his Daddy and me by surprise. We really didn’t think it …
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 …
For a while now Baba has been asking for a picture of Rhianna in his room, so for her birthday we have decided to do him a framed page. It will have a couple of pictures and a poem on the page for him to …
Two days ago I wrote a post about people not talking about Rhianna and how much the silence hurt. This post lead to a chat with people over on Facebook when I was asked what is the best thing to do as a friend in …
In less than two months it will be Rhianna’s Anniversary and it is a strange feeling. It has been really hard to work out what to do. We want to do something, she is our little girl, she is Baba’s sister and we want to …
This evening at 7pm we will be lighting a bright pink candle for Rhianna Lily and leaving it a light for an hour. We are also hoping that all of Rhianna Lily’s family and friends will be lighting a candle for her as well. It …
Since losing Rhianna Lily, we have been surrounded by support from all sorts of people. Family, friends, and people that we barely know on-line and off-line. It is amazing that people just start talking to you about their losses and you don’t realise that there …