🌈 talk about - death of a parent. 🌈 This is a beautiful and heartfelt book about one of the most difficult conversations - the death of a parent. Not only a starting point for talking about grief and loss, but also a celebration of love and memories, this is a much needed book for specific circumstances. 🌈 "Erin's daddy saw colour in everything." Someone who saw the beauty in all types of weather and in all circumstances - you can't see rainbows without rain, weeds are flowers too and that stars can't shine without the dark. Erin's daddy helps her to fill a scrapbook with all the wonders they have found together. 🌈 But then daddy becomes very unwell. The book's colour palette changes from bright and colourful to grey and dull. Hospital visits, cuddles and hushed voices fade into just quiet. Everything remains grey whilst the family come to terms with their loss. They only remember what they no longer have. 🌈 Then Erin remembers the scrapbook and shows it to her mother. Laughter and smiles return. The next day, colour begins to return as the family start doing activities again and sharing stories about daddy. And then daddy's rainbow appears. 🌈 Moving, hopeful and poignant. A beautiful book to help at a difficult time. Great for: A starting point for discussing grief and loss celebration of love and memories Use of colour to support the story

I literally did nothing this weekend and I feel like I deserve a reward?? But now I have to edit the vlog and schedule posts and be a person.

I’m sorry we didn’t get the time we deserved and wanted💜 I long for nothing more than for the opportunity to get to know my mum and for her me, as two adult women. We had so much to learn about each other.

The expectation of G R I E F. The gravity of G U I L T. The haunting echoes of, “What if?” Often times it can be too heavy to carry. But we adapt. The load may be too heavy to carry on my shoulders but I’ll use a different way to carry it. I may not know how rigjt in this moment; but there will be a time when it gets easier and more assured to walk up that mountain. So today, I start with a path, then a hill, then more hills & valleys, then a mountain! 🏔️❤️✨

New month, same pain. Time is a funny thing when you're grieving. There is no timeline for how long grief lasts, or how you should feel after a particular time. Whatever you are feeling at the right moment, it's ok. ⁠