© Copyright 2019 Grief Probate Journey Blog. In this blog, we talk about grief and what we have learnt. We also talk about what we feel to be “The unknown”. The legal requirements after losing a loved one. This is based on UK Law as well as our own experiences.
This might seem like a repeated broken record. But literally since the day, our Dad was hospitalised on the 5th September 2016, up until this very date. Life and its meaning have been questionable. It literally feels as though we have not had control of our life ever since. We are somehow getting by day […]
Read More Loss of control and griefWe have decided to do this as a topic as spreading awareness is one of our main priorities throughout the unexpected journey my sister and I have now found ourselves on. Health is a huge part of our journey as this all started with the decline in our Dad’s health, which unfortunately sadly led to […]
Read More October Awareness Month 2020Feeling quite low, feeling out of sorts, feeling low on self-esteem. Feeling as though we have run out of steam. It’s been a long road this journey we are on. A rollercoaster of a journey. This is literally because of the many highs and lows we faced and still face….. Please see Self Esteem and […]
Read More Self Esteem and GriefSitting thinking to myself. Who am I, what is my purpose? I think for my sister and I our feelings of our grief have been pushed aside to an extent and the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic took over. Our feelings of grief would still arise from time to time, but the scale and magnitude […]
Read More Loss of Identity and Grief – Coronavirus and loss of IdentityWith the situation we are in, quite often we feel like we want to withdraw from everything, not speak about anything, and just get on with what we have to do as best as possible. Unfortunately, the processes we have gone through throughout this four-year period has had a significant impact on us. It has […]
Read More Communication and Grief- Coronavirus and Self IsolationThis is a matter that is awfully close to my sister and I. During the time our Dad was hospitalised, due to his original diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis ( we have a topic on Infective Endocarditis, he, unfortunately, suffered many other various infections. One of which was Sepsis….. Please see World Sepsis Day – September […]
Read More World Sepsis Day – September 13thSitting with my thoughts, thinking generally about things, and something that came to mind is that my sister and I have to an extent closed off our feelings, or shut them down. We do this as a protection barrier for ourselves. We do this so that we can get on with whatever we need to […]
Read More Numbness and griefLife is all about change. Change is part of life whether we like it or not. Whether we are prepared to accept it or not. It is something that is guaranteed in life. For us, our life changed the day our Dad was admitted to hospital on 5th September 2016. We just did not know […]
Read More Change and GriefSitting with my thoughts for a little second. Reflecting on life and how huge, overwhelming, and scary it can feel. It also got me thinking about our life since our Dad was hospitalised in September 2016 up until this day. The word cocoon came to mind when thinking about how this situation affects us throughout […]
Read More Cocoon and GriefWe got some really sad and shocking news today (Friday 17th July 2020). A very good friend of our Dad’s who was practically family to us has passed away. Shocked, Disbelief, Sad, Lost. Are just some of the way we were feeling. It makes you realise even more how much:We should not take anything for […]
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