As most of you know I'm currently in self isolation with the family. It's giving me lots of time for thinking, so I'm trying to keep it...

Day 1 of self isolation. I think it's going to be more difficult than I imagined. I'm tired. I drank too much wine last night to combat...

So when one of my friends suggested I have the option to "nominate a mate" for my 5k a day to Alderley I hoped I'd never need it. To...

We are just getting ready to return from our first holiday, the first one as a family since Lauren died. I'm not counting the airbnb we...

I'm reading the best book at the moment, not necessarily my favourite book ever, but definitely the best book for me at the moment. It...

Well that's the first week of walking completed. Over 70km covered already. It is a constant action that I am aware of as soon as I...

So it was Lauren's birthday on Sunday, and, in the morning, I could feel the burden of it. The week had been difficult, for one reason...

Today marks the 7 month anniversary of Lauren's death, 7 months of this alternative reality. Tomorrow is Lauren's birthday, her...

The week leading up to Lauren's birthday is hard enough without being thrown another curve-ball. Yesterday I had to take my son to A&E,...

This Sunday it will be Lauren's 14th Birthday so I am a ball of nervous, emotional energy. I'm attempting to keep busy but my attention...

On the days when I go into the office I usually get up early so I can take the not so little puppy out for her morning walk. I like to...

So it's looking like we will see the sunny shores of Spain this summer. The summer holiday has been off, then on, then probably off,...

Grief is a strange thing, always changing & shifting slightly, too slippery to ever get a proper hold of. I have a few days of feeling...

When Lauren died I explained to her siblings that she would always be a part of our family, that we would always talk about her. I told...

One of the things I wanted to do after Lauren's death was create an area where we could always remember her. It seems a strange thing to...

This week I went back to work. The second time this year I've headed back after an extended absence. The first time was after Lauren's...

This past month has been too hard. It may be due in some part to the weeks of lockdown. But I also think it is linked to the birthdays...

So the lockdown continues, or at least it does for most of us. One day blends with the next. I miss my family and friends. Zoom...

This is one of the grief cliches I can actually get on board with. Just to be clear I don't mean "You should count your Blessings young...