Sharing our stories – new trailer for the documentary
THE GOOD GRIEF PROJECT has now entered a new phase. As you will know Jane and I travelled to the USA and Mexico last year in order to meet with and film other bereaved parents as part of an on going project to collect and publish stories of how people grieve for a child. […]
A Work in Progress
a work in progress – the view of my desktop I feel a bit remiss (and sad) that we haven’t posted news to you for quite awhile. The thing is, that having got my head down into the edit for our documentary, it really has been very difficult to tear myself away from so many engrossing […]
Granny’s funeral – un oeufs an oeuf
“What’s the best thing that women have compared to men?” “Nipples that work!” My mum Emily had a weird and wacky sense of humour and my brother Ned was first up at her funeral to reveal it. Within minutes of starting his eulogy he had recounted an early joke of Emily’s that set the tone for an evening of […]
Good Grief gets an airing on National TV and another funeral
Last week Jane, Rosa and I were interviewed by the BBC for a slot on the Breakfast show on New Years Day – this is a follow up from the week of programming that the BBC did before Christmas. The BBC are currently giving a lot of airtime to the subject of death, dying and bereavement […]
SIX WEEKS IN CENTRAL AMERICA – part two
Jane gets close up and personal with a mural in Granada Nicaragua I write this from Mexico City. Sorry but blogging about our experiences as been put on hold while we travel. Time now to catch up but inevitably recalling much of the stuff we have got up to and the peoples we […]
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. […]
