Tracey’s mum died from vaginal cancer in 2017. She was 71.
Five Things I’ve learned since being diagnosed with a progressive lifelong illness, by Jamie Birch.
Five Things I’ve learnt since becoming an unexpected widower, by Gary Andrews.
Five Things we're learnt since our son had a liver transplant, by the Maceachen family.
After being diagnosed with the liver disease Biliary Atresia at just nine weeks old, Harry Maceachen has had two liver transplants.
Five Things I have learned from my stem cell transplant, by Katherine Murray.
Katherine was training to be an ENT surgeon when she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in November 2018. She had a stem cell transplant in May 2019.
Five Things I've learned from being a pregnant widow, by Katie Stifter.
Five Things I've learnt as a parent to special needs children, by Michelle Martin.
Michelle Martin who is a mother to twins with severe brain damage and other medical issues.
Five Things I learnt about baby loss after my fourth child Miles was stillborn, by Annabel Bower.
Annabel is the proud mother of four children, three who are physically with her and one who lives on in her heart.
Five Things I didn't expect to feel when my mum died, by Jo Fardoe.
Jo lost her mum to Small Cell Lung Cancer in January 2019, eighteen months from terminal diagnosis.
Read moreFive things I've learnt after losing my husband to an accident, leaving me as a single mum to three little boys, by Mariah Sandoval.
Mariah’s husband, Paul, was unexpectedly killed in a work accident in October 2018. They had been married for 10 years and have three young boys together.
Read moreFive Things I've learned as a Palliative Care Support Worker in the NHS, by Claire Alison Hams.
Claire is a Palliative Care Support Worker in the NHS, working alongside a team of Community District Nurses in Surrey. She supports patients and their families both practically and emotionally, as they approach end of life.
Five Things I've learned since becoming a carer to a parent with a terminal illness, by Emma Terranova.
Emma’s mum has Huntington’s Disease (HD) – a degenerative, neurological condition which has been described as a combination of Alzheimer’s, Motor Neurone, Parkinson’s, and schizophrenia all combined into one cruel disease.
Five Things I’ve learned since my dad died from sepsis, by Glitter and Grief.
Christie lost her dad to sepsis unexpectedly in 2016. Never having imagined that she would lose her dad when she was 23 and unsure how to deal with her grief, she started to journal and express herself through her journal and blog.
Five Things I've learnt as a death doula, by Debra Diamond.
Five Things I've learned since my Mum died abruptly, by Kimberley Berridge.
Kimberley’s mum, Eve Berridge, died having suffered a perforated duodenal stomach ulcer on 25th July 2019, aged 76 years.
Five Things I wish the world understood about going through a new pregnancy after a baby dies, by Frankie Brunker.
Frankie’s first daughter Esme died due to unexplained stillbirth at full term in 2013. Her two subsequent pregnancies were incredibly anxious and stressful periods of her life.
Read moreFive Things I've learned about death since my 21 year son died, by Dave Marteau.
Dave and Debbie Marteau's 21-year old son Jack was killed crossing the road in Palermo, Sicily nine years ago. Following this tragedy, Dave spent five years investigating death.
Read moreFive Things I've learned since my husband and sister died just one day apart, by Angela Mencl.
Angela unexpectedly found herself submerged into a life stained with grief after losing her husband and sister one day apart. She became a widow and single mother of four at the young age of 30.
Read moreFive Things I have learned during fifteen years of grieving for my sister, by Becky Garrod.
Becky’s youngest sister Helen drowned in July 2004, when she was sixteen.
Read moreFive Things I’ve learned about supporting people who are grieving when you are grieving yourself, by Esther Ramsay-Jones.
Esther Ramsay-Jones is a psychotherapist working in palliative care, working with people with life-limiting conditions and their family members. Her own mother recently died after living for a short time with brain cancer.
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