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All time
Christmas without loved ones: 'Just do it as best you can ... it's very, very hard'
23 Dec 2018
15.2k
15
Dealing with grief on Father's Day: 'We won't mourn the loss of Adam, but we’ll celebrate everything he gave us'
17 Jun 2018
28.9k
7
Christmas without loved ones: 'Try to keep it simple. The first year is very, very difficult'
23 Dec 2017
38.1k
19
'To me, Father's Day is just like any other day because there's always something missing'
18 Jun 2017
11.7k
9
'Don’t cry, your mum’s in the room. And me? I was dying inside.'
11 Dec 2015
28.9k
11
'Nothing else seemed to matter when she died. I didn't understand why God would take our little girl?'
Michael McEnery
14 Oct 2015
1.9k
34
'In the beginning it rips you apart': Parents discuss losing a child
17 Sep 2015
10.2k
13
'When you lose a child, you change. But your relationship with them doesn't die.'
16 Feb 2014
15.9k
17