Funny after going 3 nights without sleep or at least only cat naps by Nana’s bed…I still feel Ok. Yet if I only get 6 hrs on a ‘normal’ day I feel tired…when you are with someone so ill, so tired then this energy comes from nowhere. I suppose that it is not then a shock that your body needs time to recover through the grieving process.
The hospital offered us a room. Mum grabbed a few hours each night in there but when you are here, you just want to hold them and let them know they are not alone. …read more

Work was difficult for me at the time of my loss. Work seemed insignificant. Work seemed trivial and pointless. This was from a person who if she is being honest, was a workaholic. I think I blamed work – and not me! – for taking too much time away from my loved ones. When in reality it had been my choice and those who loved me knew how work was important to me. It helped me define who I was…somehow.
So I was interested earlier this month to read about how work – in this case football – had helped Jermaine …read more

Coronation Street is the most popular soap in the UK and William Roache one of the longest serving actors. He recently lost his wife, quite suddenly and when interviewed about his grief he said
“I’ve found the grieving process is not a straight line, it’s variable. You have a sort of numbness to begin with – a terrible grief – then great waves.”
“You have periods when you feel totally normal. It’s almost callous, as if life is just going on without Sara, and then of course it hits you on the back of the neck.”
“I know that we will be together …read more

I love the community we have here at Widows Quest and all the links that you send me. In a comment to A Poem on Grief, I was given a link to Linda Angel which has an array of bereavement and grief articles.
I believe the more we understand grief, the more we understand how our emotions are natural, the greater the chance that we start to move through the grief cycle.
3 Tips I would say when reading articles

After reading the grief article – write down one learning that you will incorporate into your life.
Whilst reading about bereavement, try not to …read more