So, really, this is a Helping Others Understand post, and a lovely little follow up from yesterday, where I talked about what not to say....

I can already feel my blood boiling as I begin to compose this blog today. Although, I do want to add that I don't think people really...

This one is a killer. It still haunts me now. You’ll have seen this in To My Newly Dead Husband, my letter written to my husband. Raw and...

This was a post I wrote on my page, The Reluctant Widow, on Facebook, and I wanted to share because it was such an awful experience. If...

These are the ones that really take your breath away. It’s impossible to write you a list as the triggers are totally different for...

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual I guess, if I needed to put a label on my belief system. I don't believe in heaven, or...

I have two favourite phrases that have always kept me going. It's OK not to be OK and this is not my forever. I want to add a third one....

I remember my first Christmas after my husband died, and I will never forget the most painful memory - being sat sobbing in my bed on...

We all expect birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, and New Year to hurt, they're expected grief triggers and we know to expect them to...