Travel & grief writer | Author of #TheAdultOrphanClub guide to parent loss | Memoir in progress | She/her | https://xitter.gq/t.co/w2fusaUjSt
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Sitting on the sofa with coffee, crumpets and my first newspaper byline in the @Telegraph this morning, where I've written about the loneliness of grieving in a pandemic and why I wrote #TheAdultOrphanClub book. Thrilled doesn't cut it.
telegraph.co.uk/family/life/…
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What does it mean to be an adult orphan?
Playwright Naomi Westerman was writing about death rituals when she lost her family in quick succession.
She joins @claremcdonnell1 to discuss processing her grief alongside author of The Adult Orphan Club @FloraBaker.
Listen now ⬇️
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#FindGboyegaOdubanjo. Keep the news active, the flood of posts, the retweets, especially anyone who was at @ShambalaFest, or if you know anyone who was. Esp if they might not have seen the appeals. Someone somewhere will surely know something that could help 🙏
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Is there anyone you know who was at #Shambala who might have seen Gboyega? please share to help find him #FindGboyegaOdubanjo
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Buzzwords synergistic cloud based ninja opportunities! Global technobabble something something potential!
Morning @santanderukhelp, I need the contact info for house insurance complaints. I've been treated horrendously since 24th March & will be going to the ombudsman asap. Six weeks w no functional bathroom & zero financial support is unacceptable.
Can you help #SaveGorneWood in SE London? I regularly walk past this ancient woodland - but it’s at risk of being destroyed by developers. @FourthReserve urgently need £3k to buy the area for community use🌳
@RobGMacfarlane @Right_2Roam @vickyfoxcroft ➡️bit.ly/3R3Tc3q
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The Netflix cancellation policy is utterly ridiculous. To cancel a mind bending, thought provoking & multi-layered show like @1899Netflix while the vacuous Emily in Paris gets season after season?! change.org/p/renew-1899-on-n…
Absolutely floored by @NatWest_Help, who've sent out new MasterCard cards with no fanfare, requiring a mass scramble of every direct debit to be changed before my original card inexplicably stops working. I keep getting 'we can't process your payment' emails. CHEERS GUYS.
As it's #WorldMentalHealthDay, it's worth mentioning that it took me 3 therapists and 14 years of grief from both my parents' deaths to finally decide to take antidepressants. I've been on sertraline since Feb & it's given me a part of myself back. It's never too late to get help
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It's taken four years since my dad's death for me to acknowledge the damage his volatile behavior inflicted on my childhood. Now I can call it emotional abuse, but it's still difficult to say out loud. trib.al/UclziA0
Really getting tired of the constant insistence that grieving a woman you never met is the same as someone you personally loved and lost
"It doesn’t matter how you feel about whose funeral it is: for the millions who did not get to hold a funeral for loved ones during lockdown, it’s not fanciful to say that the Queen’s funeral seemed to act as an emotional proxy" | ✍️ @caitlinmoran
thetimes.co.uk/article/caitl…
Just registered for some gorgeous events with @GoodGriefFest's first mini-festival in late October: memorial tattoos, grief hallucinations, and the urge to make post-death pilgrimages to the places where our people went💛
goodgrieffest.com/whats-on
Today is the UK publication of @jennettemccurdy's memoir 'I'm Glad My Mom Died', so I wrote for @Refinery29UK about the complex grief (and guilt!) that follows the death of someone who caused us pain in life.
@thegriefcast @goodgrieftrust @talkaboutloss
refinery29.com/en-gb/relieve…
Both nervous and grateful to write about this important yet taboo topic for @Refinery29UK. huge thanks to Sadhbh for commissioning, and @jennettemccurdy's fantastic & brave memoir which reminded me how much this part of grief needs discussing.
#Refinery29 #emotionalabuse
I’m Relieved My Dad Died – Why Is That So Shocking To Hear? trib.al/p1ypAoc
It's rather telling that #Evri don't have a Twitter account. Reading the search results is so grim. Speaking of, @PetsatHome – any idea when I might see my order? The 2 day home delivery guarantee has definitely gone...
"A member of the public came forward after a police appeal, which saw a huge public response & 117 possible sightings."
"The Met said #OwamiDavies had been discovered after the 118th reported sighting."
🙌THIS IS WHY SOCIAL MEDIA SHARING WORKS🙌
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
I know WE all prayed , OUR prayers were answered🙏🏾
To everyone who Hoped,
retweeted, shared, tagged , word of mouth, posters ,wrote about it, sang about it, however way you helped us #findowami you did an amazing job.
God Bless all of you ❤️
WE THANK YOU SO SO MUCH 🙏🏾
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This is the last known footage of 24 year old #OwamiDavies – she's been missing for over a month, and her mum's video appeal is devastating. Croydon is constantly busy, esp midday on a Thursday. Someone must have seen her. Any leads can help narrow the search #FindOwami #selondon
UPDATE: #owamidavies new CCTV footage from around 1230pm on 7th July (that’s the day after she was seen on earlier cctv walking with a man) on London Rd Croydon, walking towards Norbury- police say if you remember seeing her please get in touch.
