Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape. “have courage & be kind” when I was young I was bullied for a very long time...
Grief/Loss of a Loved One
the best worst day: absent father
My life so far.. Being without a father for over 7 years, for many people they know what it feels.. and it dose not feel good there’s so many questions assumption’s and its...
Ripples
It was a September evening in 1968 when two men dressed in their military dress blues knocked on the door of our home. I remember it like it was yesterday. They came to tell us that my...
My heart less your beat
When I was 17 I had a stillbirth. I was 8 1/2 months pregnant, and the night of December 24th 2007 I arrived into the hospital. In the emergency the nurse pulled a wheel chair and rushed my...
A Life Of Loss
Life began for me in February 1991, I was born to two wonderful parents Leighton & Jacqueline, my mum had me later in life at the age of 48, she had two sons from her previous marriage...
Sebastian the angel baby heaven received.
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes photos and graphic and explicit description of a stillbirth. Where should I start? I have dreamt my entire life...
Choose yourself first , before anyone.
I was 18 when my father committed suicide, My father’s suicide was the single most painful event in my life. There were times during my grief where I wasn’t sure if the suffering would...
Never lose hope
Hello, My name is Nawaf and I’m from Iraq. The story starts with me going shopping with my family back when I was just 12 years old. I remember asking my parents if I could grab some...
Give yourself the time.
I felt like my heart had been so thoroughly and irreparably broken that there could be no real joy again, that at best there might eventually be a little contentment. Everyone wanted me to...
We will heal
My father’s suicide was the single most painful event in my life. I was 18 when he left. I’m 22 years old today. But the would stays as fresh as the first day I had to say good bye to...