By Kara Nichols For 14 years, I had the joy of being a daddy’s girl. He was (and still is) my hero. A hard-working man, who loved his family dearly. Strong, gentle and kind-hearted. His jokes and smile alone could light up a room. Truly the human form of sunshine in my opinion. From […]
By Tim Harris “Tears are what remain of the memories we made.” I never really thought about this when I wrote it some years ago, but the more it sat in my mind, and the more I meditated on this thought, grief is an ever-evolving part of our lives. We all can remember the […]
By Claire Carmalt People often say they can’t imagine losing their child. Nothing in life prepares you for such a loss, it’s shattering and changes your life as you knew it. Something that I found out when my daughter Tory died suddenly in October 2022 at aged 20. I never imagined that anything like […]
By Adele Di Paola MY DAD Ralph Di Paola was my father and my hero. My admiration for him knows no bounds. I can genuinely say that during my lifetime he wore many hats with ease. He was my best friend, my guide, my protector, my biggest champion, my financial advisor, my therapist… but […]
By Sara Meredith My name is Sara and unfortunately due to this crazy thing we call life I have become an expert on grief and child loss, both I had no desire to know so well. On November 7, 2008, I walked into my daughters bedroom at 4:00 a.m. to find her not breathing. […]
By Michelle Ozanne The day my life changed forever forward was October 1, 2022. It was a Saturday. The night before I had a call from my dad telling me Mum wasn’t herself, he thought she was having a breakdown. I told him I would be straight there, but he assured me she was […]
By Leo Donnell My name is Leo Donnell, and I am the founder of One Happy Widow. I help widowed people pivot from grief to growth in their life after loss. In 2017, I was married and raising four children with my husband Dewey. He was only 42, but had already been discharged from […]
By Jo Goodwin-Worton I was married to Jay for nearly 12 years when, in 2018, life as we knew it took a very different pathway. Twenty-four days after moving into our first house together in June 2018, Jay was diagnosed with Stage 4 gastro-oesophageal cancer. His cancer was aggressive and from the start, we […]
By Alannah Pardy The story starts 19 years ago when my auntie Michelle was diagnosed with cancer. Although I was just five years old at the time, I saw every piece of heartbreak this horrendous disease caused for my family. Every year since, my whole family travels up to Co. Donegal for her birthdays […]
By Lisa Pahl “If my dad really loved me, why did he leave me such a mess when he died?” As a hospice social worker, I accompany patients and their families through the dying process. I, along with colleagues, also provide thirteen months of bereavement aftercare support that is provided by hospices to the […]
