I was looking at some social media posts last week of Lauren's school friends. It was their last day of formal teaching at High School...

The loss from grief does not get smaller, how could it. My daughter died at 13 years old, that will never change. What we do is learn...

There is lots of talk about what grief looks like, how to deal with it, talk about it, how best to help. But the reality is that we are...

When Lauren died I remember feeling shocked. This probably sounds like an obvious emotion, but I was shocked because I thought this was...

After Lauren's death I joked that I was going to have this tattooed on my forehead, I heard it so many times. Please don't think that is...

Now December is over I can stop and breathe, look back over the month with a clearer view. December, for me, is all about getting...

A friend asked recently why I hadn't written in a while and I said it was because I'd been busy, but that was only part of the reason. ...

I write less, not because I have less to say, but I fear I may just repeat myself. We are approaching the end of my second year in grief....

I've tried to write on this topic for a while, but found it difficult. If it wasn't for the media we wouldn't have raised over £20k for...

The second birthday without Lauren. Another year older, another year since I've last seen her, hugged her, laughed with her. Despite all...

My head has been very swirly of late, unable to fixate on a single thought path for any length of time. Time is changing, home is...

Grief, it is such a little word but it can mean so much ...anger, sadness, despair, But recently I've discovered that you can add...

Last week I cried on the way home from work. I haven't done that for a while. I used to cry every time I drove home, I think it's...

This is Scarfell Pike, England's highest mountain. Two weeks today Chris will run a marathon, part of which will include running up &...

I was reading a news report the other day into the death of a teenager. I often find a compulsion to read other stories of horrific...

The run up to Lauren's 15th Birthday has been a busy one. Alongside the usual family events we've also been getting organised for our...

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I now know that time is not a great healer, in fact it does fuck all. It just goes by, day by day, changing nothing. I change things The...

In two weeks time I'll be walking my last #5kadayforalderhey. By then I'll have covered over 2500 km (or the distance from my house to...

It's is often said that a little bit of knowledge can be a bad thing, and I guess the same can be said for the knowledge of grief. Last...