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I hope that my posts have given you more understanding about grief and have either provided a chance for you to feel less alone in your...

For the final thought about grief, and arguably the most important one I want to shout about, is acceptance. Acceptance not just by the...

Grief lasts a lifetime. There is no "moving on" or "getting over it", there is no solution or going back in time. There is no end to the...

Redefining who I am and getting to know the new "me" has to be one of my biggest challenges as I continue to grieve. Our world was shaken...

I think of Thomas just as much as I think of my other three children. Having lost a child (or indeed a loved one), we are surrounded by...

Some of the less known side-effects of grief can make life even more tricky and difficult to navigate. Not only are you trying to adjust...

Emotions are hard but they are not mutually exclusive and do not cancel each other out in grief. I have missed Thomas with every cell in...

Grief isn't just about the past or the individual who is missing. Our present has changed, as well as our future. All aspects of our...

The loss of Thomas has been keenly felt by Lucy and Oliver in many ways. Yes they were relatively young for them to comprehend the level...

One thing which I hope has come across from us, is just how lucky we were to have received such support through Thomas' life, both from a...

I have been asked on several occasions whether our experience of Thomas' illness has made me a more paranoid mother, worrying more about...

Since Thomas passed away, I have always found it hard to meet new people and make conversation. As I explained, Thomas has become such a...

This continues to be one of my biggest challenges as I continue to grieve. As I grew up from childhood to adulthood I really analysed who...

Inevitably my views regarding death have been fundamentally changed by the journey that we have been on. I know this is a subject that...

When I was five months pregnant with Thomas, I posted the following status on FB to mark Jason's and my anniversary: "Thank you for the...