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“I need you most”: Alexandra Burke finding pregnancy bittersweet without her mother

“I need you most”: Alexandra Burke finding pregnancy bittersweet without her mother

“She really misses her mum” Alexandra Burke has opened up about missing her mother during her pregnancy. The Broken Heels singer lost her mum Melissa Bell in August 2017. Burke’s mother had been suffering from kidney failure prior to her death. She also suffered from diabetes mellitus. Burke is expecting her first child but is […]

4 years ago

How to talk to kids about death: the right (and wrong) things to say

How to talk to kids about death: the right (and wrong) things to say

A topic nobody wants to address with kids – but sometimes, we have no other choice. Losing a loved one is one of the worst parts of being alive. Periods of grief are saddening, maddening, overwhelming and exhausting – and that’s just when it comes to our own feelings. For parents and caregivers, loss is further […]

5 years ago

Taoiseach Micheál Martin opens up about “trauma” of losing two children

Taoiseach Micheál Martin opens up about “trauma” of losing two children

The Fianna Fáil leader recently described the pain of losing two of his children. An Taoiseach Micheál Martin has spoken publicly about the pain of losing two children. In a feature for The Irish Times, Mr Martin opened up about how his life was impacted by the death of two of his children, Ruairí and […]

5 years ago

‘It broke me…’ Marissa Carter speaks about her heartbreaking miscarriages

‘It broke me…’ Marissa Carter speaks about her heartbreaking miscarriages

“I had three miscarriages that truly nearly broke me.” Today, Marissa Carter took to social media to reveal a very personal story about three miscarriages she endured before giving birth to her  first child, Charlie. Opening up in a post, she said: “Before we had our two beautiful children – I had three miscarriages that […]

9 years ago