After over a decade of grieving my late father, one thing I can definitely say is grief is very odd. It comes out in obscure ways, when you least expect…
My father died over a decade ago when I was 18. After time has passed, I’ve learned a lot about grief. And not just about how I deal with it,…
Sometimes the most important messages in life come from the most unusual places. There I was, sat in a theatre in central London, about to enjoy my birthday surprise, and…
I have found that writing is immensely therapeutic when it comes to grief. So on a few occasions, when I have felt that familiar pang of grief in my…
I am sitting here at my computer on the 10th anniversary of my father’s death. On this day every single year I struggle to know what to do. How can…
We have all had our moment. The sad scene where the protagonist cries with her tub of ice cream, large glass of wine and yells at the romantic comedy. It’s…
TRIGGER WARNING – miscarriage, detailed account, pregnancy loss, medical trauma. How do you begin to explain the toughest thing that’s ever happened to you? Sitting here at my computer, my…
It is fair to say that the last 24 months have been tough and there have been very few people left unaffected by the global pandemic that has swept across…
Friluftsliv: [free-loofts-liv] noun Open-air living. By now, most of us have probably come across the term ‘hygge.’ Pronounced hue-guh, the Danish word loosely translates to acknowledging a feeling or moment…
