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. Recently I attended a general memorial service at a church. This was primarily for those who had lost a loved one in the past 2 years, although others…
A personal reflection on why living with loss through bereavement is not the same as other losses.
Inquests in England and Wales: What do they achieve? What are their limits? Practical information and some personal commentary.
There’s an old saying on the lines of “there’s a merciful veil between us and the future, hiding our sight of what it is to come.” One aspect of any grief journey is remembering multiple points of time when you didn’t know that disaster was lurking around the corner. This time last year, I was waiting for knee…
I’m walking again. Not as far or as easily as before, but I’m able to cover a few miles. This time last week I was in Derbyshire with my husband. He was spending the day fishing. I was going to try a new walk, somewhere I’d never been before: the Cromford Canal. There isn’t much left…
I received a very sad call yesterday evening informing me that the son of someone I’ve been getting to know through church had died unexpectedly. The medical cause is not yet clear, but it appears it might have been a stroke or an aneurysm that caused him to collapse and crash his car. He was 41…
A more personal blog post will follow, so these links are just for starters. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, lost his oldest daughter 30 years ago, so he knows what he’s talking about concerning untimely bereavements. He makes some good points about “not getting over it” but rebuilding your life, living with that aching gap, the…
