03/05/2026
Thank you for all your beautiful messages on my last post. I haven’t had a chance to respond yet but I appreciate all the love for us and our rainbow boy 🌈💛
Today is International Bereaved Mother’s Day - a day to honour the mothers who have experienced the loss or a child or have been unable to have a child.
Being a bereaved parent is not a club anyone wants to be part of. Grieving our children is incredibly hard, often lonely and impacts every facet of the life we once had. Even 10 years on, grief lives very close to the surface.
This time last year, I was asked by the Queensland Children’s Hospital to write something for the bereaved families in the CHQ community. I thought I’d share here in case you might find comfort in these words too.
If you are part of the sucky Bereaved Parents club, I’d love you to share your child’s name below in the comments. And feel free to share my little attempt at poetry if the words resonate.
Sending all my love to you and your little love, whose essence is forever stitched into the fabric of your being 💕