SIX WEEKS IN CENTRAL AMERICA – part one
We have now had six weeks on the road since leaving Oaxaca in Mexico and the end of our filming period for the project. Time to reflect and time to relax. It’s true what they say: ’tis easier to travel without a movie camera than with one’ (A nun). Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala, (we sped […]
Worldwide Candle Lighting (TCF)
This is a very quick post to say that after six weeks on the road we have arrived safely back in Mexico City where we took part in the 19th Worldwide Candle Lighting Ceremony organised by The Compassionate Friends. This annual event takes place at 7pm local time on 13th December creating a wave of […]
LATEST NEWS NOV 2016 “Here’s looking at you…”
As many will know, we have been away for the last few weeks and since our new website was launched we have been a bit lax in keeping you all posted of latest developments – sorry about that but really you haven’t missed much. We are in the process of forming a charity (a long and […]
SAYING THEIR NAMES IN MEXICO
Gisel reads to her cousin Santiago at his graveside Arriving in Oaxaca, Mexico for The Day of the Dead after 8 weeks filming in the USA it felt as if we didn’t quite know how this stage of our journey would fit in to our Good Grief Project or indeed if it was part of the […]
COLORADO to CALIFORNIA – rituals with ashes and photographs
The Grand Canyon, Arizona. Jane casts some of Josh’s ashes into the void. We are both exhausted. Our schedule has turned out to be more punishing then we had anticipated. We seem to be either on the road desperately trying to get somewhere by nightfall or soaking up more stories than we can really handle. […]
Memphis to Denver – a stutterer and a lunar eclipse
Downtown Memphis Again apologies are due for the tardiness of this latest posting – I had wanted to write at least once a week but our schedule has proved to be really tight, and even in the few days that we get between filming it has been difficult to find the time to reflect on […]
Granny Emily, a Neville brother and a surprising revelation
I have been meaning to write about my mum and some of the difficulties we have had in leaving her to go on this trip. She is now 98 and has severe dementia. She lives in a care home near to us in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, and for many years now has considered her life to […]
Bringing death into life.
“Good Grief is one we meet with curiosity and respect rather than fear and avoidance” Prof. Robert Neimeyer Week 2 of our 4 month trip across USA and Mexico and I am certainly excited if a tad daunted at the enormity of the project that we have taken on. The hugeness of this country, the length of […]
Memories in New York and complicated grief
So I wrote the last blog posting all about our time in New York and Brooklyn and then forgot to save it … Grrrr!!! Sorry about that but I think I’ll try and recap very quickly before moving to an account of the last couple of days. First off we want to thank Jonny and […]
Forgiving is not forgetting – Scarlett Lewis (Sandy Hook)
This is Scarlett Lewis, she lives in Connecticut a two hour drive from Brooklyn where we are based for the first week of our journey. Scarlett is a single mum. She has two horses, four dogs, a whole load of chickens and two children JT (Joseph Thomas) who is 15 and Jesse who was […]
