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May 15, 2023
Caroline Winter wishes an organisation like First Light existed when her husband died in 2013. But almost a decade on, the journalist is giving back to […]
April 19, 2023
Aus Watt knows all too well how difficult it can be for a widowed man to get help. The father-of-one was looking for support when he […]
April 12, 2023
Cobie Lee and her husband Joseph were joyfully awaiting the birth of their third child in 2013 when her life was turned upside down following his […]
March 5, 2023
I grew up with both of my parents full of love and support for each other, and plenty of love for myself and my 3 siblings. […]
February 2, 2023
My husband Brian was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003 when our daughter Ellie was six months old. We had been married for a year […]
February 7, 2020
I’m going to be honest. Walking into Camp Widow 2017 was overwhelming. And I will admit, my first instinct was to run away. Not because of […]
June 24, 2019
I decided to attend Camp Widow in the USA, in 2016, two years after Shane passed away because my friend Rebecca (from First Light) had been […]
July 13, 2018
An excerpt from Chris Martin’s blog, Just A Dad Not blowing my own trumpet here, but I reckon I’m doing alright at this parenting gig. Which, […]
June 14, 2018
An excerpt from Emma Hopkins-Curry’s blog, Widow Mama. So, I haven’t written in a while. I have wanted to, but kept thinking that it was the same […]