Sarah’s story

I’m Sarah, 20, and I lost my mum exactly a month after I turned 19. I lost my mum last year and the loss of my mum & the heavy grief is something I struggle with daily. 

I’ve created an online community on Instagram called @grieveandbelieve as I realised we don’t often speak about grief, let alone grief in young people.

Grief is something we don’t talk about enough, even though every single one of us will go experience it in our life time.

I’ve learned that it can be isolating, and I don’t want anyone to feel alone in this pain like I did.  Growing around grief has been an emotional, chaotic, rollercoaster.

It’s difficult to keep up at times as not only are you as a person changing but your grief is constantly changing & shaping itself each day. What triggered you last year might not this year, you learn so much about yourself too. 

However, talking about it is what helps! Just because time is passing it doesn’t mean we should stop talking.