One Day can change your life forever.
I remember it so well. It was a hot Sunday afternoon. We were all at my gran and granda’s house, but my mummy wasn’t there. I kept wondering where she was; why wasn’t she here? She was always here. It must have been the hardest thing my daddy had to do, telling me my mummy had died. I was six years old. Nothing would ever be the same.
Although I was surrounded by my loving family there were times I felt so lost and that I didn’t belong anywhere. It was very hard to work through my emotions and it was of a time when families found it hard to talk about feelings. I had so many questions, What happens now? Where is my mummy? Will I ever see her again? It is hard to believe they were just here yesterday and now they are gone. They say children are resilient and they are, but they still have the same thoughts and questions that adults have, some questions we don’t have the answers for.
My gran and granda asked my daddy and me to come and live with them. We eventually got a bigger house, and we all moved in. We were all struggling to come to terms with such palpable loss. My mum had a twin sister who had three daughters, and I was very close to them. I thought of them more like my sisters. They would visit as much as they could and I would stay with them but I missed them terribly when they weren’t there, but we had a bond so great that we still have to this day which helped us through the uncharted journey that we faced.
I wanted to create this world so that any child that is suffering great loss and feeling confused about how they feel, they can come to this safe place and have representation of what they have experienced and going through.
Though the circumstances of our losses may differ, the fundamental emotions of grief are often the same. It is a different world to when I was young and I am glad that now there is a bigger focus on mental health and issues affecting children. They feel they can ask questions or talk about how they feel.
Devastatingly, whilst creating this world, our world was rocked by the death of my cousin’s son Sean, who was only 21 years old. Sean was Autistic, he was a special gift to our family, throughout his young life he taught us so much. He leaves behind his mum, dad and big brother, whose pain is unimaginable. As a family, we feel we are suffering with the same crippling grief our parents and grandparents must have felt in the loss of my mum, as she was only 30 years old.
No parent should have to bury their child, this is not the natural order of life.
When you suffer great loss your life is changed forever, you try to navigate through the darkness and make the best of every day but sometimes it is just too hard. I have been fortunate through family, friends and faith, they have given me strength to get through each day because when we join together we can create an energy that will lift us and help make even a second of time that bit better.
My hope is when you are on this site you feel a comfort that will help in some way, to know you are not alone that we will carry one another as we travel through this fog of grief and maybe in some way give you a virtual comforting hug.
One Day can change your life forever.
I remember it so well. It was a hot Sunday afternoon. We were all at my gran and granda’s house, but my mummy wasn’t there. I kept wondering where she was; why wasn’t she here? She was always here. It must have been the hardest thing my daddy had to do, telling me my mummy had died. I was six years old. Nothing would ever be the same.
Although I was surrounded by my loving family there were times I felt so lost and that I didn’t belong anywhere. It was very hard to work through my emotions and it was of a time when families found it hard to talk about feelings. I had so many questions, What happens now? Where is my mummy? Will I ever see her again? It is hard to believe they were just here yesterday and now they are gone. They say children are resilient and they are, but they still have the same thoughts and questions that adults have, some questions we don’t have the answers for.
My gran and granda asked my daddy and me to come and live with them. We eventually got a bigger house, and we all moved in. We were all struggling to come to terms with such palpable loss. My mum had a twin sister who had three daughters, and I was very close to them. I thought of them more like my sisters. They would visit as much as they could and I would stay with them but I missed them terribly when they weren’t there, but we had a bond so great that we still have to this day which helped us through the uncharted journey that we faced.
My hope is when you are on this site you feel a comfort that will help in some way, to know you are not alone that we will carry one another as we travel through this fog of grief and maybe in some way give you a virtual comforting hug.
I wanted to create this world so that any child that is suffering great loss and feeling confused about how they feel, they can come to this safe place and have representation of what they have experienced and going through.
Though the circumstances of our losses may differ, the fundamental emotions of grief are often the same. It is a different world to when I was young and I am glad that now there is a bigger focus on mental health and issues affecting children. They feel they can ask questions or talk about how they feel.
Devastatingly, whilst creating this world, our world was rocked by the death of my cousin’s son Sean, who was only 21 years old. Sean was Autistic, he was a special gift to our family, throughout his young life he taught us so much. He leaves behind his mum, dad and big brother, whose pain is unimaginable. As a family, we feel we are suffering with the same crippling grief our parents and grandparents must have felt in the loss of my mum, as she was only 30 years old.
No parent should have to bury their child, this is not the natural order of life.
When you suffer great loss your life is changed forever, you try to navigate through the darkness and make the best of every day but sometimes it is just too hard. I have been fortunate through family, friends and faith, they have given me strength to get through each day because when we join together we can create an energy that will lift us and help make even a second of time that bit better.
Although I was surrounded by my loving family there were times I felt so lost and that I didn’t belong anywhere. It was very hard to work through my emotions and it was of a time when families found it hard to talk about feelings. I had so many questions, What happens now? Where is my mummy? Will I ever see her again? It is hard to believe they were just here yesterday and now they are gone. They say children are resilient and they are, but they still have the same thoughts and questions that adults have, some questions we don’t have the answers for.
One Day can change your life forever.
I remember it so well. It was a hot Sunday afternoon. We were all at my gran and granda’s house, but my mummy wasn’t there. I kept wondering where she was; why wasn’t she here? She was always here. It must have been the hardest thing my daddy had to do, telling me my mummy had died. I was six years old. Nothing would ever be the same.
My gran and granda asked my daddy and me to come and live with them. We eventually got a bigger house, and we all moved in. We were all struggling to come to terms with such palpable loss. My mum had a twin sister who had three daughters, and I was very close to them. I thought of them more like my sisters. They would visit as much as they could and I would stay with them but I missed them terribly when they weren’t there, but we had a bond so great that we still have to this day which helped us through the uncharted journey that we faced.
I wanted to create this world so that any child that is suffering great loss and feeling confused about how they feel, they can come to this safe place and have representation of what they have experienced and going through.
Though the circumstances of our losses may differ, the fundamental emotions of grief are often the same. It is a different world to when I was young and I am glad that now there is a bigger focus on mental health and issues affecting children. They feel they can ask questions or talk about how they feel.
Devastatingly, whilst creating this world, our world was rocked by the death of my cousin’s son Sean, who was only 21 years old. Sean was Autistic, he was a special gift to our family, throughout his young life he taught us so much. He leaves behind his mum, dad and big brother, whose pain is unimaginable. As a family, we feel we are suffering with the same crippling grief our parents and grandparents must have felt in the loss of my mum, as she was only 30 years old.
No parent should have to bury their child, this is not the natural order of life.
When you suffer great loss your life is changed forever, you try to navigate through the darkness and make the best of every day but sometimes it is just too hard. I have been fortunate through family, friends and faith, they have given me strength to get through each day because when we join together we can create an energy that will lift us and help make even a second of time that bit better.
My hope is when you are on this site you feel a comfort that will help in some way, to know you are not alone that we will carry one another as we travel through this fog of grief and maybe in some way give you a virtual comforting hug.
