We Swim

We Swim

Last weekend I met Lizzie Simmonds’ Mum at dinner. Her mum and my mum are friends. They seem to think Lizzie and I have common ground; we are both strong, confident, hard working, resilient… survivors even. Our dads are both extremely tall and our mums are both proud...
Pregnancy after baby loss

Pregnancy after baby loss

Tommy’s have recently been running pieces on how pregnancy after loss affects your mental health. It’s also been covered in Leo’s Legacy #babylossawarenesshour on twitter. I was asked to comment on this topic by Tommy’s a few years back. At that point, I actually had...
Telling The Kids

Telling The Kids

When do you tell your living children that they had a sibling who died?  Let me give you some context … My best friend gave us one of those nice things you can buy online where you get your kids names made out of scrabble pieces and they interlock. Liberty, Cosmo and...
Moody Mum With Pushchair

Moody Mum With Pushchair

I just read a piece by a friend of mine from a parenting site, entitled ‘Why we should all show a bit more sympathy for the moody mum with a pushchair’. Brilliantly written, this piece explains that, when you see a moody, tired mum who runs you off the pavement, she...
What Is ‘Continuing Bond’?

What Is ‘Continuing Bond’?

I came across the term ‘continuing bond’ last year, when a colleague and now friend of mine, (then student), created a fantastic music project for his Masters Final. He wrote an album of songs about and in some sense WITH his late older sister (using her recordings)....