Category: grief

• 30 questions with JD :)

  Totes copying from an awesome blog by one of my favourite bloggers “Frog Machinery” where he interviews himself and gave us all insight into who he is as a person. In true Janet fashion, I like his idea and want to do the same. I’ll put the kettle on, you get comfortable. Let’s go! When […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 13, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Fears, food, Friends, gardening, grief, happy memories, helptheHomeless, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness, relationship advice

  30questions, anxiety, askme, authorlife, depression, Life, Relationships, writerslife

• Surviving parent guilt

  Since my Dad died, I’ve come across new things. Like crippling grief. Grief that looks and feels like 80 feet waves pummelling me, tumbling me, confusing and frightening me. Grief like that. Grief that – like waves – doesn’t let you come up for air. It doesn’t stop for a second so you can’t stop. […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 10, 2022

  anxiety, death, family, Family Obligations, grief, Grieving, loss, money, Relationships, Work

  family, grief, GriefsFirsts, guilty, killingme, survivingparentguilt, wavesthatdontstop

• It’s been a year since you went away

  Hey Dad, Ed Sheeran has a song out called “Visiting hours” where he wants to go and see his Mom in Heaven. I’ve had it on repeat all day as tears have flowed down my face. I never thought I’d be able to relate to losing a parent and yet here we are. I close […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 4, 2022

  Author life, books, death, depression, family, grief, Grieving, happy memories, loss, Relationships

  Dad, family, grief, grievingbadly, hatethesefuckinganniversaries, lossofaparent, MissyouDad

• My Dad’s birthday 🎂

  janetdthomas77

  May 16, 2022

  death, family, grief, Grieving, happy memories, Uncategorized

  Dad, Dad and Daughter, grief, GriefsFirsts, hurting, loss, lossofaparent, sopainful

• Facts are facts

  The worst thing about suffering with mental illness is that you can’t trust yourself. You live in a constant state of gaslighting yourself “did that really happen or did I imagine it?”. It is the worst thing to suffer from – not being able to trust your own thoughts. When I’m in the depths of […]

  janetdthomas77

  April 29, 2022

  anxiety, bullies, communication, depression, divorce, Facts are facts, Fears, Friends, grief, identity, Illness, Life, mental illness, Police

  anxiety, depression, factsarefacts, Fears, Life, mental illness, mentalhealth, Relationships

• Knock Knock. Who’s there? The Police.

  Ethel you’ve gone TOO FUCKING FAR now.

  janetdthomas77

  April 25, 2022

  abuse, anxiety, bullies, depression, Fears, grief, Grieving, Illness, mental illness, Police, suicide, Welfarecheck

  anxiety, bullies, bully, depression, ethelyoufucker, grief, loss, mental illness, mentalhealth, Police, Welfarecheck

• He is Risen! Hallelujah!!!

  Jesus IS. Period.

  janetdthomas77

  April 17, 2022

  Christian life, death, depression, Fears, grief, Grieving, identity, Life, loss, love

  Hallelujah, HeisLord, HeisRIsen, Jesus, JesusisAlive, JesusjustIS, Neverabandoned, neveralone, Period, Whenwegothroughdeepwaters, worthitintheend

• Coming to understand Grief

  Grief…you are not welcome here.

  janetdthomas77

  April 15, 2022

  death, depression, family, Fears, grief, Grieving, loss

  Dad, Dads, family, grief, Life, loss, LossofFamilyMember, lossofparent, mental illness

• Grief

  Grief doesn’t knock.

  janetdthomas77

  February 25, 2022

  death, family, grief, Grieving, loss

  Dad, family, Greiving, grief, Griefdoesntknock, hurting, lossofaparent, painful, PleaseBringMyDadBack

• Conversations with Dad

  

  I don’t remember meeting my Dad, you know. He came into my world when I was 3 years old. Suddenly in our tiny, dirty, shabby Filipino village was a tall white man with a twinkle in his eye and a friendly grin. I don’t remember how we got to be Dad and Daughter…we just were…and […]

  janetdthomas77

  February 15, 2022

  addiction, alcohol, dating, depression, family, grief, Grieving, Humour, identity, Life, loss, love, Relationships, Uncategorized

  alcohol, alcoholics, anxiety, AppreciationPost, assertyourself, bereavement, blessed, boys, childhood, Dad, Dad and Daughter, Dad'sAdvice, dadanddaughter, Dads, DadsandDaughters, dating advice, DealingwithDeath, dearDad, death, decisions, depression, domestic violence, emotional, Families, family, FamilyDynamics, FamilyLife, Fathers