So I’ve started a community with a good friend of mine. Aaahhh! Scary. We both lost our mothers, at different stages of our lives, but are in the same place of tryna figure it out and navigate this life without them It’s funny because this all came out of a weekend that was just supposed… Continue reading Building Community
Tag: family
Life Update
This aunty is now an aunty of 5. We recently had a new addition to the family, courtesy of my younger brother. Yes the brother who just turned 18. To say it's been an adjustment is probably an understatement and in some ways I'm still understanding my feelings around it all. You're probably wondering why,… Continue reading Life Update
Question 2
How do you understand what happened at the time? How could I not? That year was not normal, a year I will never be able to forget. Finding out she’d passed almost didn’t even shock me. The right question? When did I accept what had happened? Because I don’t think I actually really grieved. Mum… Continue reading Question 2
Breaking
He was now at his breaking point. He had been holding things in to help him hold it all together for so long that now, every little thing would tip him over the edge. He was so far gone at this point that he really didn't know how to get back. Recent events had made… Continue reading Breaking
November 18th
This date will always be memorable for two reasons, which also happen to be basically the same. Birthdays. The first; one of the good friends that I made at uni celebrates his birthday on this day. The second; my mums' birthday. I never used to acknowledge this day. I used to just carry on like… Continue reading November 18th
