THE GOOD GRIEF TRUST has devised a new innovative strategy to reach every person who is bereaved in ALL LOCAL COMMUNITIES across the UK. We are run by the bereaved for the bereaved to help those who are grieving know they are not alone. At the click of a button our new website offers a NATIONAL CENTRAL DATABASE OF SUPPORT to bring all bereavement services together UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, for both those who are grieving, and the professionals working to support them.
In tandem with the website, we will launch a groundbreaking new national initiative to provide a GOOD GRIEF CONDOLENCE AND 'GIFT CARD' to every person bereaved in Great Britain, via every front-line organisation across the country.
Lost both parents within 6 months, had life time of memories so can’t even spend a day without feeling empty without their unconditional love and daily routine with me …..2 holidays passed. Nothing matters anymore
lost mine when i was around 15, been so long now i'm 29, been alone since then grew up on my own after running away from foster home at 17, can't know happiness without pain, and now that i'm ok with pain, i've finally become profitable in trading and I can't wait to take my first vacation and finally have a resolution with them and start a new chapter of happiness. I wish they were here but it's ok it's life and I enjoyed every moment I had with them it was a blessing, ill try my best here and when my time comes ill be back home.
This is horrendous. How cruel is life: you find your soulmate, fall in love, have a family and get blindsided like this by losing a spouse at a young age with young children. Needless to say, this man is strong in every aspect of the word. My condolences.
This just rips your heart out. It's called the human condition. We are all frail creatures who can be extinguished at whim at any time. Love is quite expensive because we pay for it with grief!
This touches me I lost my mom at the age of six and my dad at age 8. I had an amazing upbringing due to my mothers parents but even in so I still felt empty and sad and angry all the time. I’m now 37 with four kids of my own and I’m still trying to find peace with it. I tell my kids I love them a million time a day because I know that feeling of not having a mom to hear it from. No matter what anyone says it truly never gets better.
It helps me to listen to someone who understands. I lost my beloved husband RAY in 2022.The love of my life. 48years of loving each other. My heart is broken. He was my best friend my everything, my soulmate, my world. My reason for living. I cry for him everyday. ❤How l miss him. 😢How can l ever live without him😢l will always love him. Grief is the price of love💔
My mom died when I was 19 to cancer and my dad died last year I was 48. I feel orphaned. I have 2 brothers but they live on the East Coast and I live on the West Coast. It's difficult.
Thank you guys for making me feel normal with the feelings I have and been dealing with by myself. It’s like everyone in my life just acts like losing both parents is not that bad for me to have reason to be depressed
WE ARE NEVER READY FOR THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE! Each of us is left to ‘cope!’ Often on our own! I’ve learned that ‘patience’ is important! So often, we feel the need to ‘hurry up’ and get ‘things’ done!! No! Live one day at a time!! You can do no more than that!!!!
Both my parents were pronounced dead in the 10th June 2022, I went completely to pieces I was good for nothing for a few months, then I woke up and I was on the footsteps of mom's, where she placed me care taker of the house before she went, and my father also was so brave he also went and faced the it's I miss them so much all the small guiding tips small laughs, thier important opinions on what you wanna ask them, the only persons think about what suits you and makes you happy at the same time.
Lost my Dad when I was 12 years old, Mum passed away January 2023. I'm 46 now and have to say even though Mums death was not sudden, it has left a void and left me questioning why. I feel blessed to have had amazing parents but as I live away from my siblings the connection is gone. I recently came out of a relationship with the only person I ever loved. There are days now when I think, what's the point. The good has gone out of life for me.
I just lost my husband on January 4th of this year. We were married 53 wonderful years. We had that special kind of marriage with each other,loving unconditionally. This is all so fresh for me. I feel like I am in a state of limbo. I cry everyday and I’m sad. How does one get over loosing the love of their life😟
Thank you Julia, I just lost my husband after 61 years, of marriage, and I feel empty and alone. Your talks do help me cope with this loss. God Bless you!
I’m very sorry about your husband trust me I completely understand how you feel, i lost my wife 2018 I can still feel the void in my heart, but I know she’s in a better place, time they say is the best healer especially when you’re with the right people, it'd be nice to talk to you more maybe have a great conversation if you dont mind send me your gmail adress so i could reach out on you .?
28 glorious years, on a weekend fishing trip, out of the 4 he was the only one killed by a truck driver that fell asleep at the wheel,he was truly one of a kind, tears on my pillow
My man died with no prior indications we had a small argument i went home 2 days didnt answer cause I was grumpy day 3 it calls i think it him i answer they say he is dead.
Corneliacrisan ..... I am truly sorry for your loss!!!! I lost my daughter 2 years ago.......she had refused to talk with me for the year before she died ........I left her messages that I loved her!!!! But she never responded!!!! I held her hand when she took her last breath!!!! I loved her so much!!!! I cried every night for several months!!!! Then one night I had a dream.......she came up to me like she used to and put her arms around me and I held on to her so tightly!!!! And several minutes later she said....... I still have to go away mom.......but I love you!!!!!!!! That dream was so awesome and so real!!!! I have had other unbelievable things happen!!!!! My advice to you is open your heart and soul and your mind!!!!! Believe that your soul mate can and will come to you!!!! May God bless you with his love and mercy!!!!!!
I bought Capain Toms own brand of Incontinence pads - they are brilliant as they only need changing every 3 months ! Even though he has snuffed it I hope that his brand continues for ever and ever and ever ! Kerching !
This is one example in my mind of youtube platform being so useful. Esther has being very careful with her words .. she talked of her experience but acknowledging how people cope may be different but also offering ways she has coped . Thanks Esther for your words and sharing.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Hope in the Lord.
I am there. She visted me twice in very real unusal 'dreams' that I consider visitations - once to tell me she loved me and again to say that I need to move on with my life. All thisd was great - but I still grieve.
This month will be a year since I lost my husband of 44 years. I miss him terribly everyday, every moment of the day ! I cry everyday. I can't come to terms with his loss. I love him and I always will.
Absolutely love this initiative. We need to encourage communicating more, compassion, empathy... I hope these benches and the links will let people know they are not alone in their grief. Thank you to Greg and Penelope and the Good Grief team.
I feel like there's no one to talk about it and it hurts that life has to go one. I lost my mom at 27 and now my dad at 33. Sometimes I hate the fact that life goes on and I have to force myself to live.
I have been married for 57 years to the best man on Earth. Now I am alone, though with a huge family and really close friends, I am finding it hard to cope. Most days the shock hits me again - after 9 months, and I think I would welcome some help…….can you? - Dianne
We lost my dad in January and my mom just passed in June. Four months apart. It’s been 2 months and I’m walking around like a zombie. I don’t think I’ve accepted they’re both gone. I’m just trying to find my “regular” zone, but i think this is ow it’s going to be, from now on. It’s hard, because we were all very close. Just trying to deal with this.
