Hello, I’m Lauren (and Bruno)…

Over the last 18 months I’ve been on a long journey trying to cope with losing my mum at the age of 29. I’ll be honest, it’s been the most difficult and challenging time of my life. I spent hours trawling through the internet trying to find some kind of advice, help, support… anything really to try and make me feel like I was somewhat normal for how I felt and if I was coping in the right way. I struggled to find anything that I really related to – I felt like all the information out there was very formal, or circumstantial which only made my grief journey feel even lonelier. I’ve thought about ways I could try and help people like me, but nothing really came to mind.. because to be quite frank… grief is shit.

So… I decided to start my own blog.. and ‘Bereavement with Bruno’ was born (more on the cute puppy later.) I’m definitely not a writer, my creativity is beyond limited and if I’m completely honest I think I’ve really over sold my capabilities here.. but all we can do is try, right? This is a small blog about my journey through grief, all the ups and all the downs. Just complete honesty, transparency and hopefully one person will come across this blog and not feel so alone and worried about the future.

I haven’t got too much else to say at the moment, but hopefully soon there will be some interesting stories for you to read and definitely some very cute pictures of the doggo that saved me.. when i couldn’t save myself!

Thanks for reading my waffle.. stay tuned for more.

Lauren & Bruno x