A Child of Mine - In the name of Thiago - Day 87
Thoroughly shattered today. Just completely overwhelmed by the enormity of my grief and everything else going on with this bloody virus. I found it so very hard to go to the cemetery and the truth of the matter is that I probably wouldn’t have done that on Sunday had Angelica not put the idea forward. It was something that needed to happen though and I am glad that I did it but it has made me realise that this is all still extremely raw to me and I am finding it very hard to cope. So with all of that in mind at lunch time today I made a call to ‘A Child of Mine’ . They are a charity that supports bereaved parents and their founder is a lady called Gayle Routledge who herself lost a son, when he was just three. It was very comforting to talk about Thiago with her. She was a great listener and discussing my feelings with someone who had been there and come through it all and made it out the other side made me think that no matter how shit things are right now, I