“The best way I can describe grief is like being trapped in a snow globe, some days it encapsulates you and others its still and just touching part of you…”

“Grieving a parent in your early 20’s is an experience not shared by the majority. Grieving as a young carer felt impossibly even more isolating. I was left playing self-imposed catch up with the people around me…”

After losing her dad at 22, Kaitlin reflects on her grief journey so far. “My dad was an amazing man and he gave me the best possible childhood, support and opportunities I could have had. I miss him more and more as the days go by since I last saw him. The feeling of his hugs forever engraved in my brain.”

In this post we devle into Father’s Day and ways to cope with the difficult feelings, social media and remembering them.

“A year down the line I have learned a lot. I think about my dad every day. Everything I do is to make him proud of me and I am such a stronger person than I was.”

In this post Alice shares her story of losing both parents by 18 to starting her own grief series and campaigning for bereavement leave, and how she’s turning pain into purpose.

In this honest post, Ashmita talks about the weight of losing both parents and everything that follows. From pretending to be okay, the lonlieness she felt and how she found her people that helped her.

Jorge shares what it’s like to lose his dad at just 27 to a rare cancer, Epithelioid Sarcoma. He opens up about how grief reshapes life, identity, and even joy, and why talking about it is so important. It’s honest, vulnerable, and a reminder that every grief journey is uniquely valid.

Jinx shares her journey with complicated grief, reminding us that grief doesn’t always come from what was, sometimes it comes from what never got the chance to be.

In this article, Harry shares journey of grief after losing both of his parents. He explores the weight of being an orphan at 28, the fear of his parents’ memories fading, and how nature helped him reconnect with them in small but powerful ways.

In this post, Charley delves into the sudden loss of her dad to suicide in December 2024. At just 19 and in her second year of nursing, she’s navigating life without him, learning to live alongside her grief.

Katie delves into her struggles with guilt and anger after losing her father unexpectedly to pneumonia. She describes the moments she cherishes, like him walking her down the aisle and becoming a grandfather but she grapples with the pain of his absence in all the future milestones he’ll miss.

In this post, Faye, delves into all the different things she has learnt about grief in the two years since her losing her dad. From the way it can make you feel physically to how grief shapes you.

“Being a medical student on placement, you come across death most weeks, sometimes peripherally, and sometimes up close. Having nursed my own father through his terminal cancer journey, I was no stranger to dealing with this, and stepped on the wards unafraid of the challenges ahead.”

“I try not to focus on the things my mum won’t be here for in the future and think about what life events she was here for in the past. She was the most beautiful woman and so full of life and every moment I can I bring her up in conversation.”

“I lost my beautiful mum when I was just 17, she passed away one day unexpectedly in her sleep. I’m now almost 21 & since then I have tried to navigate life without her, but it’s been even harder doing it without any warning that this was something I’d experience at such a young age.”

In this post Abby shares the story of losing her mam at 21, when her mam was only 38. She reflects on their relationship and how special it is that her mam was a mam and dad all at once for her.

“…I have learnt to appreciate all the memories I had with my dad, and I absolutely love talking to about him, and this is more present than the feeling of sadness.”

“The sense of guilt when it comes to grieving somebody is so prevalent and it can surface in many different ways. February is the month that I start to get out in my garden and that is something I desperately want to talk to my dad about.”

“And if you do celebrate and enjoy the plans, that’s ok and it certainly doesn’t ever mean that their presence isn’t deeply missed because you've found some joy.”