…just remember that you are its friend, its confidente, its means of recovery. It means
B = Being there to let it cry as crying relieves the pain
R = Remembering that even when a vase breaks, all it needs is some glue to put it back together. That glue in grief is hope, love and friendship
E = Enjoyment. Your heart needs to balance pain with enjoyment. Enjoyment is the fuel for it to grow and mend. Don’t feel guilty about laughing, going out …..your heart needs that to mend that break, it needs the fuel of life to cope with death. …read more

On Saturday I posted about what loneliness is, well as it is the start of the week I thought I would say what recovery is…… Recovery is ……..
Looking at the photo and smiling
Remembering to say I would love to come, rather than we
Sleeping for more than a couple of hours a night
Not having to think of one good reason why you should get up
Not crying when you see couples together
Not putting his favourite meal in the shopping basket
 So how would you finish the phrase recovery is……..  

Yesterday was great, really felt I was coping and even wrote a blog post called From Weakness Comes Strength ! I felt that I had my emotions under control, then I get up this morning and my broadband connection won’t work (and now won’t for up to 5 days), and one of my cats is not very well….
Why is it that life throws these things at you ? I know the two problems are not life or death, I know that but it has just shaken all that strength that I had built up. I feel as though life doesn’t …read more

When there are children it can be difficult to know how best to explain the loss of their parent. One way that has always worked for me, especially with younger children, is to encourage them to draw. Ask them to draw their feelings, what they are thinking, what they wish for, what they fear etc. You may even draw together and explain it to each other.
Children often find expressing their emotions difficult so allow them to use music, art, writing for them to explain to you their thoughts.