Though she has set a place for death and grief at the dinner table since she was a little girl, the death of Sarah’s grandad just before she turned 20 really hit her hard and she felt totally lost. Which was then followed up by the really sudden death of a close friend a few years later.

She wishes that there had been the resources or a similar group when she was going through the initial dark times and had people to speak to who understood what it’s like.

She found a really good writing group through Let’s Talk About Loss and that has really brought her comfort and given her an outlet to get the emotions out in a safe and non-judgemental way. She finds using her creative skills to work through the grief and changing it into something more beautiful like a poem or a piece of art has really benefitted her. Sarah is hopeful that she can help people open up about their own grief.