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Helping Children Grieve Part 2 -How age can determine a childs response to grief
Whilst children respond very differently to the loss of a loved one, there does appear to be some identifiable patterns of behaviour largely determined by the age and developmental stage of the child....
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Helping Children Grieve Part 3: Practical ways for parents to help their...
My previous posts have looked at helping children grieve and how a childs age and development can determine their reaction to grief. I will finish this by looking at some concrete ways in which we can...
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Dont be sad for me: babies and their gender
Recently somebody asked me if I knew the sex of my unborn child. “Yes we do” I replied proudly, “we are having another little boy”. Ready for the “oh how lovely” or the “wow that’s great but wont you...
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Grief, birthdays and remembering
I struggled with a title for this post and also about the content as well. It could have been about friendships and how they have helped me in my grief. It was also going to be about remembering people...
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Grief to Me
There are many similiarities in the way people deal with grief, but overwhelmingly, grief is a very individual experience. Lately I have heard many people asking for advice on how to process their...
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Some words to live by from Anne Shirley: Honesty, imagination and a kindred...
The other day I was researching searching being distracted by the internet when I came across a gorgeous quote from the ever so wise Anne of Green Gables. “Today is always fresh with no mistakes in...
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R u Ok?
Last night I asked someone I had never met “Are you ok?” What followed was a 30 minute conversation on grief and loss. This wasn’t my intention, but it was obvious she needed to talk. I didn’t have...
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Today my little girl would have been five: Heartfelt memories
Today my little girl would have turned 5. She would be getting ready to start school next year. She would have had nearly 2 wondrous years of kinder, playing games, making friends, bringing home...
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A Poem of loss….for us and too many others
Something a little different this week. 5 years ago today my brave little girl lost her fight for life. I have been loved and supported by so many in that time. On the day of her funeral my beautiful...
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This Mothers Day I will be thinking of….
This Mothers Day I will be thinking of my beautiful daughter who I only got to hold for 4 and a half months This Mothers Day I will be thinking of my two Nannas no longer with me. This Mothers Day I...
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