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Brothers: Joy & Pain
The day Finley arrived was yet another bizarre assault of emotions. He arrived very quickly, as apparently second children are wont to...

Amy
May 5, 20218 min read


One Year: A Thank You
It’s absolutely bonkers that it’s been a whole year without you little Bean. We stood outside PICU in the little courtyard behind rooms 9...

Amy
Jan 7, 20217 min read


A Rainbow Year: Pregnancy After Childhood Cancer Loss
I'm not quite sure how I feel about the term 'rainbow baby'. In some ways (say 25%), I think it's sort of beautiful - the idea that...

Amy
Sep 13, 20209 min read


Six Months On
I looked back recently at my 'Welcome, Grief' post that I wrote about a month and a half after Rory died. It felt like yesterday that I'd...

Amy
Jul 14, 202010 min read


A Grandparent's Experience
How can so much joy and so much pain happen in just nine months? Becoming a grandparent for the first time was a delight and a...
amandalaidler
May 18, 20203 min read


Beyond the Ceiling of Care
**TRIGGER WARNING** This post is highly sensitive and contains a lot about events surrounding death. It may not be everyone's cup of tea...

Amy
Apr 8, 202012 min read


Wee-Catching and Santa Landing: 10 Hospital Joys
While we wouldn't "10/10 recommend hospital to a friend", we would hate anyone to think that hospital is all doom and gloom, so we...

Amy
Mar 9, 20207 min read


Welcome, Grief.
We sat in the PICU Quiet Room of Doom (different ward, just as Doom-y) the day after Rory’s death with his Clinical Nurse Specialist and...

Amy
Feb 27, 20206 min read


The Rest of the Beginning
Following the initial diagnosis, we spent most of the next three weeks setting ourselves up for Rory's brain surgery. The surgeons and...

Amy
Dec 15, 20195 min read


The Very Beginning - The Facts
Where to begin? Maybe it's best to begin with the facts and offload all the emotional baggage later... (you can look forward to that......

Amy
Dec 4, 20195 min read
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