Tag: grief

• Ask me about my Dad.

  It was my Dad’s 73rd birthday on Monday the 15th. I walked through the day in a haze, with the grief of losing my Dad fresh in my mind. I think when you lose someone you love, there will never be a day where you think “yes, I’m okay with this”. Never. What I want…

  janetdthomas77

  May 17, 2023

  Author life, communication, death, family, grief, Grieving, happy memories, identity, Life, loss, love, Relationships

  Dad, Dad and Daughter, grief, Grieving, Life, missmyDad, Relationships

• So far…Mom is doing okay.

  Losing a parent has made me incredibly aware of holding tight to the parent I have left. My friend Megan – who also lost her Dad – said it’s actually a thing. Yep. It’s called “surviving parent guilt’. This explains a lot. This is probably why Mom gets away with getting SO MUCH MONEY from…

  janetdthomas77

  April 9, 2023

  anxiety, death, family, Fears, grief, Grieving, hospital

  anxiety, Families, fear, grief, Life, Mom, Relationships

• Tiny pink urn

  Dad’s taught me so much of what I know; how to tie my laces, how to ride a bike, how to swim, how to be facetious and mostly get away with it, how to pull funny pranks on mates…and the important things; like how to be a good friend, how to really listen to someone,…

  janetdthomas77

  March 30, 2023

  alcohol, death, family, grief, Grieving, happy memories, loss, love, Uncategorized

  ashes, Dad, death, grief, Griefdoesntknock, Grieving, loss

• 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

• 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

• “I can take it”

  

  I want to help whenever I see someone hurting. I can’t seem to help but want to go over to them, put an arm around them or automatically lift up the other end of whatever huge burden they’re pulling along behind them so that between us, the burden won’t be as heavy on that person.…

  janetdthomas77

  October 8, 2022

  abuse, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, bullies, coercive control, death, depression, Fears, fed up, Grieving, hospital, Illness, loss

  anxiety, aroughday, burdenened, depression, family, grief, hospital, mental illness, psychpatientsshouldcomewithawarning, psychward, traumatised, triggerwarning

• 4 Policemen, 2 Ambulance officers, flashing lights…and a tearful husband.

  I’m struggling, guys. I’m really struggling. I don’t feel anything apart from grief, loss, rage, confusion and a profound hurt that has sunk into the marrow of my bones and physically makes my body ache. Alun won’t believe me and if I talked to a friend about how I’m feeling, I’m so scared I’ll burden…

  janetdthomas77

  September 21, 2022

  anxiety, Burnt out, depression, Family Obligations, Fears, fed up, Grieving, hospital, Illness, loss, marriage, siblings, Welfarecheck

  aching, afraid, ambulance, anxious, Burnt out, cantcope, cantgoon, cantmoveforward, conflict, DadisDead, dark thoughts, DealingwithDeath, emotional, FamilyDynamics, fatigued, Fears, GodIneedyou, grief, Grieving, hospital, Hospital visit, hurting, husband, Icantgoon, Icantmoveforward, lessons, limits, maritalproblems, marriageconcerns, notsustainable, Obligations, overwhelmed, painful, panicattacks, pleasehelpme, Police

• 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

• 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

• 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