Stories submitted by our community

  • Eloise’s Story

    In this post Eloise discusses the loss of her dad, her journey with grief, counselling and how she honours her dad’s memory.

    TW: suicide & Covid

  • Teigan’s Story

    Teigan lost her mum at 11 but has gone on to be a grief advocate, supporting chairites, speaking on Women's Hour and creating her own Edinburgh Fringe play about the problems behind the stages of grief.

  • Liam’s Story

    In this post, Liam shares his story of losing his mum at the age of 30 and how opening up about his grief journey has helped him, from creating content online to talking with friends.

  • Eilidh’s Story

    In this article, Eilidh shares the story of losing her mum and a poem that she wrote about her journey with grief.

    TW: Covid.

  • Saroop's Story

    In this article Saroop discusses the loss of her mother at 18 and how this has impacted her career in Fashion. It's an open article covering topics from guilt, moving away from family, therapy and the transition to university.

  • Anita’s Story

    In this article, Anita Mangan shares her story of losing both parents and things that have helped her through her grief journey!

  • Emily's Story

    One of our supporters, Emily, shared her story of losing her dad and her grandparents with us and highlights ways that she's found to cope with her grief.

  • Olivia's Story

    One of our supporters, Olivia, shared her story with us and highlights how hard anniversaries can be and the difficulty of loss when it comes at the same time as other life changes.

  • Josh’s Story - Madrid Marathon

    We’re sharing Josh’s story as he is running Madrid Marathon in April and fundraising for It’s Time! He is running in memory of his dad and shares his reflections on his journey with grief.

  • Montana’s Story

    Montana shares her story of losing her dad in 2023. She reflects on her experience of grief, as well as the love she grew up around and how this has impacted her view on life.

  • Imogen's story

    In this post Imogen shares her story of losing her dad suddenly, while he was in Germany. She delves into her first year of grief and all the complicated emotions that come with that.

  • Steeve-Jai's story

    In this post, Steeve-Jai delves into the loss of her māmā and everything she is learning about grief.