I hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer. It’s been a while since I shared any ‘news’. The summer holidays are always a little hectic with having to balance work with family life. This year has proven slightly more challenging as it’s the first summer in fifteen years where I’ve been heading out to work. […]
This time last week we were just finishing our first day of NFE2022. For those that don’t know, this is the National Funeral Exhibition, organised by the National Association of Funeral Directors, held every two years at Stoneleigh, near Kenilworth. Although, thanks to Covid, it had been three years since we were last there. When […]
It seems a little strange to be talking about Christmas in March! However, I’ve just finished writing a Christmas story, to be released later this year, and I’m feeling rather excited. What was even stranger today was reading said Christmas book to a group of children, sat out in the beautiful sunshine! The sun shining […]
Today would have been my lovely brother’s 50th birthday. I’m stealing my sister’s words from Facebook today as she put our memories and feelings into words far better than I could have done: “It’s good to remember how lucky we were to have him – his loving, happy nature was the greatest. He really was, […]
Today I had the pleasure of joining a local junior school for their bereavement club. The ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) there is amazing! As well as the bereavement club, she also runs a group for the service children, Wellbeing Wednesday for the whole school and many other clubs focussing on the children’s mental health […]
A very belated Happy New Year to you all! It feels like such a long time since posting, and even longer since having a guest. However, today I’d like to introduce you to the lovely Lesley Berrington and her collection of books, Hattie and Friends. I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing Lesley all the […]
20th December 2021 – Santa, Jesus and my Brother, Andrew On this day, thirty one years ago, my brother died. I remember the phone call vividly. There must have been a call earlier in the evening to tell us it was close but I don’t remember that. I just know that, at the age of […]
17th December 2021 – Christmas Opening Times – A Slight Change… Due to a rise in concern over the current Covid situation, we have brought forward our Christmas break to accommodate family celebrations. We had previously advertised our Christmas closing date as the 23rd December with a return on the 4th January. However, we will […]
7th December 2021 – A Moment of Realisation As has become tradition in the Shaw household, the first film of Christmas is always The Polar Express. It is particularly special to me as it is one that always reminds me of my brother. He loved Christmas! Despite being eighteen when he died, due to his […]
25th November 2021 – Bereavement Resources for Children and Teens As Children’s Grief Awareness Week comes to a close, we would like to offer a gentle reminder of our resources available to help when a child has lost someone they love, and the positive affect these resources can have. Love Will Never Die “What a […]