Grief (noun): intense sorrow, especially caused by someone’s death If you know someone who is grieving and you think “I don’t know what to say” – just try. Because just imagine if everyone took your approach. Where would your grieving …
What To Say
Delicate (adjective): Fine or precise in action or execution A fellow loss mum wrote an article for Baby Loss Awareness Week, it was a “what not to say” to a bereaved mother. I thought it was spot on. But, as …
Not Depressed, Just Grieving
Repetition (noun): The action of repeating something that has already been said or written My NHS counselling sessions ended in July, so in order to access sessions via my private medical insurance, I needed to get a referral letter from …
Heavy
Aware (adjective): Having or showing realisation, perception, or knowledge Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th – 15 October) rolls around again, it starts tomorrow. And unlike last year, it’s not something I’m planning to make a push for, because it feels …
Picture-Perfect
Meme (noun): An image, video, piece of text, typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users I have previously said that for this Baby Loss Awareness Week, I wanted to capture different ways of raising …
Blogs
Welcome to the Mumoirs blog archive… Just in case you’re finding it difficult to navigate this site, here’s the one-stop-shop for the entire chronological history of Mumoirs. I would say ‘enjoy’, but you know what I mean (it’s a baby …
Jasper James
Content (noun): In a state of peaceful happiness After a seven year fertility journey of love and loss; we did it, we have gone full circle and we have our family. James, Ellissa and I are overjoyed to introduce the …
The Fifth Day of Summer
Cotton on (phrase): To begin to understand something Sunday marked five years since Summer was born and died and it was the first anniversary where it felt lighter, with zero tears my end. It’s started to feel like an out of …
Five
Five (number): Equivalent to the sum of three and two Lustrum (noun): A rare literary word that means a period of five years As it approaches five years since Summer was born and died (it’s her birthday, this weekend) there are two particular …