A Sad Update – Our latest vlog
Our latest vlog was hard to start filming but also helped us immensely. We had time away from the camera to grieve (will we ever stop grieving? ) but felt we needed to pick up the camera to try and get some sense of normality back into our lives.
When you lose someone so close to you, everything feels different. Your sense of who you are and what you think about your place in the world changes. For a time everything we did felt like it had no meaning. For years we have put videos out and people left comments saying how watching those vlogs helped them through some difficult times. Picking the camera up again helped us get through some hard days. Having a sense of purpose, something to do, and something to work on. It’s helping life feel normal again. Each day gets a little easier but also a little harder in its own way. We wanted to say thank you to everyone that watches our videos and say that this time, it is you who are helping us to get through a hard time. Your comments and kind words have meant so much
We also wanted to say a massive thank you to each person that has kindly donated to Barnsley Hospice. The team there looked after my Mum for almost two months and we will be forever grateful to them.
They sent us a lovely message thanking our community for sending in so many kind donations.
If you would like to donate then here is the link
“I have an angel watching over me. She is my mam“
Our video with our update is below
I have been watching you blogs for a few years now and they always make me smile. I lost my mum to short battle with cancer on 8th Feb. From diagnosis to her passing was six weeks. Much like you I didn’t have time to get my head round her diagnosis and then she was gone. I know the pain you are feeling and the massive void it leaves in your life. I also lost my dad in an accident 17 years ago and mum we were all devestated but mum was strong despite her grief and kept going for us all so all I can hope is that she is back with my dad who was her soulmate and that they are both watching over us. I was very lucky to have two amazing parents who gave me all the love I could ever have wanted so I count myself lucky, but it also makes their absence so much harder. I watched your travel announcement blog last night and I sm in the same mindset as you Nick- I am determined to enjoy life , travel, have adventures and love it to the full- to honour my parents as they would want me to. Wherever I am or whatever I am doing I will always miss them but they are always with me in my heart. I am off to Sam Francisco next Friday they on to vegas before finally heading to Orlando. After some of the worst few months of my life I am going to go and try and enjoy myself. I am looking forward to your upcoming blogs and I hope you and Lee have an amazing holiday. Sending you lots of love xxxxxx
It breaks my heart listening to how you are coping after the passing of your mum. I lost my dad in 2015 and I am and always will be a daddy’s girl so you can imagine how hard it was. I still miss him so much, small things remind me of him and I would give anything for one more hug. When he passed I blamed the hospital for errors i thought they had made in his treatment but soon came to realise that it wasn’t anyone’s fault it was just the pure grief I felt. My dad never got offered chemo for his prostate cancer as he wasn’t well enough as chemo is so toxic so he lived a year after his diagnosis and then came home for the last week of his life.
I would say that I’m still grieving for my dad but it does get easier, I remember him now without crying and I can smile and laugh at the memories I have and i will always be grateful for having an amazing dad
Hello guys. I watch your vlogs FAITHFULLY as soon as you release them. The last vlog was the one I dreaded. I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your lives with us. I live in the US, and you make me wish we had farm shops here like in the UK. Either way, I hope you both continue to find some sense of peace and comfort in the midst of your grief. Sending hugs and prayers your way.
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Thinking of you love to you both , you are so caring and we love you for it β€οΈβ€οΈ