There’s never a timeline on when you have grieved enough but there came a time for me that I had to let go, to free myself of the all to familiar pain of loss. A pain that haunted my life and that I carried for 20 years. It’s time for me to set myself free. Free to live without the weight of grief and to enjoy the future with a lighter heart. I made a conscious decision to let go.
6 Things I did right for my children after the death of their dad.
It's been almost 20 years since Harry died. My children were 2, 5 and 9. They are now adults at 21,25 and 29 so what do I think I did well. Even if at the time I didn't even know it was something that one day would be a good thing. I think the things... Continue Reading →
Are you part of the silent club?
I have spoken to many male and females who have been widowed over the years and it's like we are the silent club. We all acknowledge there feels something different when you are left sole and single parenting, widower, or have a parent die when you are young or a child pass away. There's a... Continue Reading →
Balloon Day. A Two Year Old Boy.
Life throws us curve balls but how we react is upto the individual. Having a positive life is about conscious effort. It's embracing all the disappointments and growing within to consciously make a choice to be happy, do right, having a good life pulling on all you have learnt to help you be a better person. Choose happiness not resentment or bitterness. The world owes you nothing. Each of us is responsible for our own health and happiness despite what has happened in our lives that was out of our control. It's how you go on that matters.