the mummy diaries

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i'm not sure i'll be able to bring myself to watch. how utterly heartbreaking.

mummy diaries

Me neither, sorry.

as difficult as it will be i have to watch this, i will record it as there maybe useful bits that i can use with my kids.

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Oh blimey.
Dont think I could watch it.

I want to watch it but don't think i'll be able too.

is it safe to click on the link? or is it sad?

i have a meeting today with my childrens SN school to talk about how to talk to my three about there Dad and to help prepare them for his death.

i am going to watch it. i kniw it will be painful as i lost my sil in feb to cancer. she left behing a 13 year old dd and i promised her that i would be there for her daughter.
although we did not contact winstons wish my neice and i did look at the web site and she found it really useful. there was forums like mn and she did find comfort in knowing she was not alone.
tbh my sil didnt tell her dd that she was dying, she knew she was ill but thought she would get better, in the end it happened really fast. looking back i think that it would have been better to tell her the truth. it still suprises me how well kids handle these things

I will be watching as my sister would have loved to have the time to do this for her children. She died of liver cancer when her children were 6 and 4. She died 10 days after she was diagnosed and only 30 days after the onset of any symptoms.

She wasn't able to leave anything like a mummy diary for them and I know my niece and nephew (16 and 13 years old now) would have loved this.

They love it when we talk about her and tell them stories from when she was little. My niece in particular would love to be able to read a diary or watch a video with her mother's advice on it. It seems to me that she in particular misses her mother more and more as she gets older. This to me seems one of the worst things about losing a parent young.

When we lose someone as an adult most bereavements get easier to bear as time passes for children, I'd say that almost the opposite is true. Each milestone reached is done so with the knowledge that a parent might have helped or been there for them.

In the end though life happens and my niece and nephew have a good life with lots of people around them who love them.

so sad - but can't bring myself to watch.

i am going to record it and will watch it when i feel able to

Just turned it on, but had to turn it off again

i put it on then turned it off, i am not feeling brave, i am recording it for future viewing, it is too close to home for now

just watched for two minutes, and I can't watch any more. terrifying and sad.

have just put it on by chance - my heart really does go out to those families

too depressing to watch.

i'm watching. the children are inspiringly brave. my mum made a memory box for me. it is the most precious and helpful thing.

I watched it - so sad. It is a series.

it is depressing to watch, but sadly we are in a similar situation only it is my husband that is dying. i will watch it at some point

I just cant watch this. I'd look like a puffer fish tomorrow morning.

OJ, I don't post on your threads often, but I think of you often, and hope you and your family are bearing up OK.

so sad to see waht those families have gone through, Only joking, My heart goes out to you and your family.

I watched this & feel utterly the children were so brave, what a heartbreaking program.

OJ thinking of you x

I have just watched this and cried from start to finish.

I was 26 when my dad found out he had cancer luckily he is still with us but i know how upset i was to think i could lose him god only knows how those poor kids and spouses must feel.

have just finished watching this, and thought what a lovely thing these children will have as they get older. Tears streamed down my face, but I couldn't stop watching it, fabulous but very very