A few months after my husband died, I was offered the opportunity to go to a grief support group. I have to be honest and say I wasn’t...

Oh where to start with this one? The Dreaded Firsts were so incredibly painful. These are things that you expect to be painful. Their...

It's such a lovely thing to see a heart shape in the sky, or when two airplanes cross path and they make a giant kiss in the sky. It just...

I have a saying that I love. It really helps to keep me grounded, and to live in today, and not worry about what comes next. This is NOT...

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 think it just becomes one of those things people say to you. "You're amazing, I don't know how you do it, you are so strong", they say....

Imagine this. I've just come out of the drs surgery. I went to collect a repeat prescription, and while in there, saw someone I used to...

I remember the first time I heard our wedding song, out in the real world. It was strange, because it was totally unexpected. We...

I am not religious in the slightest. I don't know what I believe in terms of what happens after death. There is part of me that is very...

I love sunflowers. Not just because they're so pretty, but also because when the sun is out, they turn their head towards the sun....

We all need reminding sometimes. It is very easy to forget that we're not defined by our grief. I often took the reactions of others very...

So many things worried me when my husband died. I lost sleep over my worries, and if I managed to work through a worry, five more came...

Another beautiful quote from the amazing author, John Green. "You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful". I love...

This is so true, and really struck a chord with me. The path we walk can feel so lonely, feeling like we're constantly alone, without the...

Grief isn't linear. It doesn't have a defined finish point, and certainly doesn't have a tidy little timeline to tell you when you can...

As someone with an incredibly overactive mind, and a brain that rarely switches off, this was a vital lesson for me. Your thoughts are...

We're all fighting our own battles. Whether it's with our feelings and emotions, coping with our loss, dealing with difficult family...

There is a wonderful quote from the film, Good Will Hunting: "Some people can't believe in themselves until someone believes in them...

When I was a little girl, my dad used to read Alice in Wonderland to me, it had always been one of my favourite books, I hung on to every...

Making a life for yourself after you've experienced the death of someone very close to you, let's face it, it's bloody difficult. There...