‘I wish I could show you the world’ – Mum’s tribute to her son on Infant Loss Remembrance Day
15 October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day and an international Wave of Light takes place from 7 pm to 8 pm this evening. Féileacáin, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland have organised that buildings across Ireland will light up pink and blue in honour of pregnancy and infant loss, you can […]
7 years ago
‘I’m a Different Type of Mother – A Bereaved Mum’
I always had very set ideas about what type of mother I’d be. I tend to have fairly set ideas about a lot of things. The type of parent I wanted to be was mostly borne from the positive examples around me, while some of it was a reaction to the negative influences I perceived. […]
10 years ago
What it’s like…. To Be a Bereaved Parent
Recently, it was International Bereaved Mother’s Day. Unless you are a bereaved Mother yourself, or someone very close to one – chances are you’ve never heard of it. Prior to last year I certainly hadn’t. You won’t find the shelves of your local newsagent straining under the weight of sentiment-heavy cards; your local florist won’t be […]
10 years ago