Tag: grief

Grief is a bitch & a letter to Crash

Grief is a bitch & a letter to Crash

It’s been one whole year, minus 6 days I got the news you were unwell. I remember the night like it was 5 minutes ago, when my friend Jen told me that you were unwell. So much so that it wasn’t something that could get …

Five years since we lost you…

Five years since we lost you…

As I sit here, having just watched the gorgeous Christmas advert – Love is a gift – I am stunned. Not only stunned at the absolute beauty of that video but because it will be five years, today actually, that I lost my Mum. Five …

Four years since you’ve been gone…

Four years since you’ve been gone…

I can’t believe it. Today marks four years since I got that dreaded phone call. Four years since I heard those words that no child wants to hear and four years since I was told that you had died.  You never really think of losing …

Handling Mother’s Day without your Mother

Handling Mother’s Day without your Mother

When your phone rings at 11 pm at night, 9 times out of ten it’s never a good thing. Especially since your Mum was in critical condition in a Spanish hospital. I answered frantically asking immediately “Is everything ok?” and that’s when my world crumbled. …