Guidance and Signposting for Life's Challenges
And It Doesn’t Expire When People Expect It To There is a quiet pressure around grief. In the beginning, the world allows space. There are messages.Flowers.Time off.Permission to fall apart. But slowly, gently, almost invisibly; expectation returns. You are expected to steady.To adjust.To move forward. As though grief operates on a calendar. It doesn’t. Grief […]
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Grief isn’t polite. It doesn’t wait for the right moment or show up in neat stages. It crashes in when you least expect it. Or sits quietly in your bones for days. Sometimes it hits like a wave. Other times it’s background noise — dull, heavy, always there. People like to talk about “closure” or […]
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It’s been a long time since my last personal blog – I just stopped sharing my private thoughts. I lost my voice and I had nothing left to say. To an extent that’s still the case, but I’ve been working on some stuff and wanted to share it. I’ve been really honest over the last […]
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We are truly thankful to everyone that has supported our Mark’s Charity, be that by donations, fundraising or sharing our social media posts. I felt it opportune to share with you how donations have been spent, because every penny counts. Every year in December we offer enhanced support to those who need it the most, […]
Read MoreDear Mark, It’s been 1000 days without you in our lives. One Thousand Days. Time seems to have fast forwarded but I remained still and stagnant until recently. It was difficult enough trying to navigate life after I was sexually assaulted in the March of 2019. Along with my Potato Fam I had you there […]
Read MoreMany people have asked me what to do, who to contact and how it’s expected for you to be when your person dies, so I thought I’d share what I’ve learned during the last 6 months. What to do? Be hysterical. Be calm. Be whatever you need to be. There are no rules when your […]
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