A post for those bereaved of a child or young person – whether their own child, a family member or a friend. Hierarchies of grief can be problematic – where someone’s grief is considered worse or less than someone else’s. I believe that your grief is your grief. The way you feel that pain is…
There’s an anonymous quote that pops up frequently in articles about grief: “Grief is like an earthquake. The first one hits you and the world falls apart. Even after you put the world together again there are aftershocks, and you never really known when those will come.” How true. The loss of a loved one…
What words or actions by others have made your grief easier to bear? What words or actions – or inaction – by others have made things more difficult? – A reflection on finding our keep our equilibrium even in the midst of the storm of silly statements, insensitive questions, and thoughtless behaviour.
This is the start of a new series of posts – recommended books for those who are grieving. Title: Michael Rosen’s Sad Book Who’s the book for? – Children age 4+ to adults What’s special about it? – It’s a picture book. There are few words and lots of pictures Why is it recommended? –…
I think it would be interesting to have more people’s voices on this blog. This is a guest post written by Arnold, a widower who attended one of my retreats. He is a man with long-standing Christian faith. Dealing with death My wife Ann died in August 2019 at the age of 77. Abi kindly…
On this website you will find a section about ‘digital legacy’. ‘Digital legacy’ refers to what is left behind on the Web when someone has died. Sometimes this is called ‘digital footprints’. This include social media, websites, blogs and games – any and all of the places where we interact digitally with others, or upload…
A post dedicated to those who might be feeling confused and even overwhelmed as they struggle to the navigate the journey through grief following multiple losses. Our church held a general memorial service awhile back. This was primarily for those who had lost a loved one in the past 2 years, although others were also…
A post about the value of setting goals while we’re grieving – and my 280 km adventure. (Pictures below) I had dreamed of this – going to Portugal to walk the famous “Camino” pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. 280 km would be within my abilities, I figured, and I’d take it slowly. Along…
