Category: grief

• The after-effects of losing a parent.

  How does death change your perspective? Death has irrevocably changed me and I will never be the same again. Having lost my Dad – my hero – has now meant my journey through life has a tear through it. I am now the before and after of myself. Before – when I had my Dad…

  janetdthomas77

  February 6, 2023

  death, family, grief, Grieving, identity

  dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1838, grief, losing Dad, lossofaparent, profoundhurt

• What is a song or poem that speaks to you and why?

  As someone who LOVES TO SING and equally loves to listen to music (I love R&B, Soul, Gospel, Christian bands, Rap, Hip Hop, Rock songs that make you want to dance and some ‘easy listening’ Artists like my boy Ed Sheeran, Newton Faulkner, Tracey Chapman and of course the little hottie that he is John…

  janetdthomas77

  January 28, 2023

  bloganuary, Christian life, communication, Friends, grief, happy memories, Life, loss, love

  bloganuary, bloganuary2023, bloganuaryprompt, bloggers, bloggingcommunity, Life, music, Relationships

• Bloganuary – A smell or scent that brings up a memory

  Woah. What a great writing prompt! I could literally write for hours about scents and the powerful way they transport me back in time to a particular event in my life. For the sake of your poor eyes, I’ll stick to just a few. The heady scent of rain on hot bitumen is one of…

  janetdthomas77

  January 18, 2023

  bloganuary, dating, death, grief, happy memories, Life, loss, love

  bloganuary, bloganuary2023, bloganuaryprompt, Life, memories, Relationships

• Bloganuary – What is your preferred mode of transport?

  OMG Car. Every time. I love roadtrips and have sooo many memories of going somewhere new with a car full of people I love. Dad took us all around the East of Australia when we were much younger. He and Mom took turns driving a bright orange Toyota with 4 seats and a ‘tray’ attached…

  janetdthomas77

  January 15, 2023

  Author life, bloganuary, books, death, family, food, Friends, grief, happiness, happy memories, Holidays, Life, love, rest

  bloganuary, bloganuary2023, bloganuaryprompt, bloggers, bloggingcommunity, friendship, Life, nostalgia, Relationships

• HOW IS THIS OK?!?

  Yesterday was a really, really hard day. I was climbing the walls in an extremely high state of distress and no matter how many times I waited to be seen at the Nurses station, asked for help, got told “yes, in a minute – go back to your room and put some mindfulness and distress…

  janetdthomas77

  October 10, 2022

  abuse, addiction, anxiety, Burnt out, death, depression, Friends, grief, hospital, Illness, Life, loss, rest, self help

  anxiety, depression, grief, Life, mental illness, sucidalAF, thisclosetodying

• The Girl before

  I used to be her. Bubbly. Full of life. A mischevious laugh. A big – yet charming – flirt with guys and a best friend to all girls; especially to the shy introvert. I couldn’t help but adopt them. I was an extrovert – loud, brash, mouthy, cheeky and filled with rainbows, forest green glitter…

  janetdthomas77

  September 11, 2022

  anxiety, death, depression, grief, happy memories, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness

  canweevergoback, changedforever, Life, memories, mental illness, nostalgia, painful, Relationships, thegirlafter, thegirlbefore

• A calculated risk

  The phone rang and lit up an orange box at the top of my screen, indicating that a new call was coming in. This was to be my 1st call of the day for work and 200-300 more were to come. That’s my usual work day and I’m slowly starting to get used to it.…

  janetdthomas77

  September 10, 2022

  communication, grief, hospital, Life, loss, Relationships, Work

  breaking rules, calls, risks, taking risks, Work

• Father’s day

  I miss my Dad every single day. Holidays like today – Father’s day – multiplies the grief tenfold. I’m hurting so much that my bones ache. Last year was my 1st Father’s day without Dad. I made myself go to his favourite pub in the city, ordered a glass of lemon, lime and bitters and…

  janetdthomas77

  September 4, 2022

  death, depression, family, grief, Grieving, Holidays, loss

  DadDied, FathersDay, grief, Griefdoesntknock, Grieving, MissyouDad

• What could have been

  I’ve seen the same guy on the train for the last few days and he looks a lot like my friend Troy. He’s always on his phone and wears a brown jacket and dark grey jeans. I wonder where he goes? Maybe to work? He must be a creature of habit like me because we…

  janetdthomas77

  August 25, 2022

  addiction, grief, hospital, identity, Illness, mental illness, Relationships

  addictedtosugarandsalt, backstory, conflict, dark thoughts, dating, decisions, destruction, foodaddictions, friendsarekindnotcruel, friendsarelife, friendship, friendshipistwoways, friendswillliftyouup, good memories, Health, hospital, Hospital visit, intruder, losing a friend, lostalovedone, mental illness, mental illness awareness, mentalhealth, narrative, notafriend

• For Shanti…a shining star in a dark storm

  As writers, we live lonely lives. We write and we try to share our hearts on paper (or in these times of modernity online) but there is always that fear – that worry – firstly of “Is anyone going to read this?”, then the anxious thoughts of of “Will they like it?” when really we…

  janetdthomas77

  August 21, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Fears, food, Friends, grief, Grieving, happy memories, identity, Illness, kindness, Life, loss, love, Relationships, Work, worth

  bloggers, bloggingcommunity, Dad, family, friendship, grief, Life, supporteachother