The latest
@ONS
figs on suicide show a jump in young female suicides..I want to to picture my lovely, kind, compassionate 16 year old daughter Manon when you think about those figures 💔
#ForManon
#SuicidePreventionMonth
Tomorrow marks 6 years since we got that knock at the door,6 devastating years. My heart is thumping so hard already 💔 It’s a profound, physical, altered state that can’t be swerved 😭Manon cariad, I thought you’d be safe 😭💔😭
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
Today’s random phone photo…my heart breaks tonight looking at this photo 💔 Manon, you should be a day away from your 21st birthday 😭 Tonight I cry myself to sleep while you darling girl are
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#ForManon
#Suicide
#Grief
Happy Heavenly birthday my darling Manon. Words are inadequate to express my broken heart. It’s so simple, you were and are so very precious. Impossible to think of another year turning without you here. Cysga’n dawel Cariad, sleep tight my Angel 💔
#ForManon
#Always16
#Suicide
Today is the start of
#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
so I’m sharing my wonderful daughter Manon with you. Manon died in 2018 in a MH ward. The knock at the door at 01.15 is my “stop all the clocks” moment. The shock of hearing the news has never left me...
Today’s random phone photo…4years ago today we lost you my darling, in a place we thought you’d be safe 💔 One of our “escapes” the summer before, watching the waves and waiting for sunset in Porthcawl. We miss you more than words can say, we love and honour you eternally ❤️💛❤️
Remembering why we need to reach in, hold hope, believe suicide is not inevitable…my darling Manon, just 16 years and 1 week old when she left us 💔 We work together to create suicide-safer communities
@jordanlegacyUK
@PAPYRUS_Charity
@Platfform4YP
@PCamhs
Hiding under the duvet with my tears, Jeff has brought me a cup of tea in the mug Manon made in
@YsgolPlasmawr
school. I still struggle to process it’s 5 years today she died 💔
We celebrated Manon’s 18th Birthday Friday. We saw beyond her last depressed year and tragic loss by suicide... we remembered the funny, caring, loving daughter who brought such joy to so many ❤️ Happy birthday Manon, penblwydd hapus Cariad
Tomorrow, March 7th, will never, ever be just another early Spring day. March 7th, 2018 was when Manon died in a CAMHS inpatient setting, at just 16 years and 1 week old. She was admitted some 26 hours earlier. I find my grief is harder to bear as the years pass...
Today’s not so random phone photo. After days without, I’ve decided to cheat a little. I was sent this on Manon’s birthday and have cropped it (to protect the privacy of others) How gorgeous? It captures Manon’s gentle loving spirit perfectly
#ForManon
#Always16
#Suicide
#Grief
I’ve been struggling to face the day... I’ve finally made it out to Manon’s bench and look what I’ve been greeted with ❤️💛❤️ How lovely to know she is held safe in her friends’ hearts 💝
Here is why
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
is important, my darling daughter Manon robbed of life by depression and suicide, at just 16 years and 1 week old 💔💔💔 Please, show support for
@3dadswalking
and
@PAPYRUS_Charity
as they raise funds and awareness 🙏🏻
Today’s random phone photo…Christmas day, 2016. No wonder my heart hurts 💔😭💔 I promise you that your death will not be in vain…there are change-makers pushing so hard to do better, be safer, be kinder
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
A labour of love 💛 Manon’s bench after a spot of guerrilla gardening and some floral decoration. It’s her birthday Sunday, she would be 19 . Today I feel so much gratitude for being her mum.She was and always will be a beautiful soul
#Always16
#SayTheirNames
#SuicideAwareness
So much sleep lost to Manon’s inquest. Coroner’s decision 10am tomorrow, finally, after her death in Ty Llidiard in March 2018..I wonder if I’ll be able to be sleep after it’s concluded?
#Forever16
#SuicideLoss
#SafetyFirst
Today’s random phone photo…I think your total loveliness shines through (as must my phone, it’s a frequent choice). We’ve all lost so much my darling Manon, the night we lost you 💔 I’m so sorry, I thought you’d be safe 😭💔😭
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
Urggghh, got the tears, heavy chest, laboured breathing, overwhelming grief thing going on…trying to push through and kitchen chores - I’m guessing this is now a lifetime guest for me 😭💔
#Grief
#ForManon
#Always16
#Suicide
What a beautiful day to dress Manon’s bench, bathed in sunshine. Some bay leaves to mix up the usual ivy. I’m going to add some fresh mimosa Tomorrow (28th) it’s her 20th Birthday. Every time I think of those years we’ve all been denied her my heart cracks a little more 💔
On this
#WorldMentalHealthDay
here’s a reminder of why we must do better. This is a photo of my darling 16 year old daughter Manon, who took her life soon after admission to a Tier 4 CAMHS hospital.If you haven’t already, please add a signature just 3.5k to go 👉🏻
@3dadswalking
Today’s random phone photo - just gorgeous ❤️ I have no words to describe how much I miss you Manon … when I try to find the words in my head my throat constricts, tears well-up, as if mere words do my loss a disservice 💔 Cysga’n dawel
#ForManon
#Always16
#Suicide
#Loss
#Grief
I’m emotionally exhausted
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay2020
has been a rollercoaster. I want the world to know suicide is preventable... hold your distressed, loved ones close ❤️ Remind them they matter, they are irreplaceable and that things CAN change.
#ForManon
Today’s random phone photo…my darling child of the Universe ❤️ I see the beauty in your soul in this picture and am so, so grateful for the privilege of being your Mum
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
Feeling sad and broken right right now…I feel like I don’t want to do the day 💔😭 It’s been a while since my grief has been in charge (thank goodness I’m day off today) - buckle up Nikki, it’s a “grief on steroids” kind of day 💔
#Grief
#Suicide
#GoneTooSoon
#Always16
I’m so sad 💔 my mum slipped away tonight , no longer in the in between place but gone to the other. My brother, five miles away, felt her going... a sudden, profound loss 💔 I am heartbroken
My poor mum is in that in between place... here but not here, going but not going 💔 I realise I’m not ready for her to go and nor is she I think 😭 I’ve asked my lovely Dad and Manon to be there for her when she decides to arrive... heartbroken 💔
Today’s random phone photo. Christmas Day 2016, …before … makes me cry every time. I am so blessed and proud to be Manon’s Mum. Cysga’n dawel Cariad, miss you more than words can truly express 💔😘
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
@prinnyscott
Two years tonight my lovely Manon came home for the last time....two years ago tomorrow we buried our gorgeous 16 year old ❤️ I’m so grateful to those who took care of her when I couldn’t 💔 Thank you for all you do- I can hear your distress and want you to know we care.
Pillow sprays, Calm App, Valerian tea…nothing can lull me to sleep tonight. I have the deepest ache in my chest, my tears will not stop 😭💔😭 I am lost in a sea of grief, adrift with no horizon in sight - I am scared
Three years ago, Manon came home for a final night for us all to be together. Surrounded by the love of friends and our community, we embraced her one last time. Sleep tight my Angel
My poor mum is in that in between place... here but not here, going but not going 💔 I realise I’m not ready for her to go and nor is she I think 😭 I’ve asked my lovely Dad and Manon to be there for her when she decides to arrive... heartbroken 💔
For bereaved parents and siblings on GCSE results day…today is one of those crushing reminders of the future that will never be 💔 We know your pain, the reminders will stop filling our screens, tomorrow we re-set and carry on…sending love and light💔
Today’s random phone photo. I’ve missed you popping up Manon 💔 Today my phone has chosen this fab one - the time you joined in Pride🏳️🌈You marched, went on school climate strike, were pro Remain & cared deeply about your world 💔
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
After visiting Hartpury, full of excitement for her future…gone 6 weeks later 😭 I’m so glad she’d felt such a spark of hope . Such a fab day out together…I’ll never forget her whispering “look Mum, those Rugby boys are checking me out!” It was joyful.
#ForManon
Today’s random phone photo… it really likes this one (as do 💖) Jackson’s Bay, summer 2016 🙏🏻 feeling the joy of the sun on her face and sand between her toes. Fourteen and just fabulous…My gorgeous Manon 💖💔💖
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
Six years ago today we poured all our love into saying goodbye Manon. FB memories remind me it was a special, awful, love filled day. One to let go of your physical self and let your spirit soar. Our community wrapped us in love and got us through somehow 1/2
Manon’s bench transformed to mark the 4th anniversary of her final send off…so lovely to be outside and still light (just!) at 8pm. Some found cherry blossom and Forget-me-nots (Manon loved them) in full bloom from the plot ❤️ Sleep tight my Darling, tu me manques Manon 💔
Five years ago today you left the house for the last time Manon 💔😭💔 I’m so grateful we got the chance to spend one last night all together and that so many friends came to sing you safely onward. No words for the empty space you left behind 💔Tucked safely in hearts
#ForManon
Today’s random phone photo…”she rocked a hat” My heart leapt when I saw this selected 💖 Sleep tight my Darling, miss you to the outer edge of the Universe (and back) 💔
#ForManon
#GoneTooSoon
#Always16
#Suicide
#Grief
@matthaig1
I wish my amazing 16 year old daughter could have read these very words 💔 Our loss is unbearable in so many ways but we’ve all missed out on a truly lovely human being full of love and compassion making a difference....
Since the inquest concluded I feel I’m one thought away from bursting into tears (a frequent occurrence)…two weeks on, it’s not going away 💔 I feel broken and I’m not sure how to mend myself?
Today’s random phone photo - what a cracker 💖 I am trying to accept there will never be new photos of this gorgeous face Manon 💔
#MissYouMoreThanWordsCanSay
Today’s random phone photo, December 25th 2016 ❤️ Freakily, I’m wearing this same green jumper right now. Miss you my darling, miss you more than words can truly capture, so I wear your jumper, hug it, hug you, feel your absence 💔
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
Today’s random phone photo … no choice for a few days since updating but today, this beauty. Manon taught Stella to kiss on request - this captures it perfectly ❤️💔❤️
Today’s random phone photo is a sad one. Stella was so quiet the days after Manon’s death. I’m sure she felt our loss so keenly 💔 Captured by a farm friend 💔
Just opened a letter confirming Manon’s inquest that was due in September has been adjourned in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.... it won’t be before April 2021...three years after her death. I get it, I really do. I feel a bit broken 💔
Today’s random phone photo - Two weeks after Manon’s death, me trying hard to ground, barefoot in the cold sea. A moment’s respite from the awful thoughts 💔
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
Today’s random phone photo…says 7 yrs ago today. How can that be? Complex grief has such a weird effect on the passing of time Manon 💔 😭 But, I was today old when I learned how to adjust for red eye… so glad of that my darling
#ForManon
#Always16
#GoneTooSoon
#Suicide
#Grief
Today’s random phone photo. Manon on her way to support friends on their first Pride march. I couldn’t be more proud of her kindness, compassion, values, world view. She was the real deal, we are all poorer for losing her💔So proud, heart full
#ForManon
#Always16
#Suicide
#Grief
Can’t process this was a year ago - what a traumatic 10 days her inquest was 💔 We need to move beyond “damage limitation” as an approach to inquests, rather than an opportunity to understand the (fatal) cracks in “the system”. Young lives depend on it 💔
One of those stolen sleep nights…turning events over and over in my mind…why’s, what ifs…missing my darling Manon so very much 💔 Thank heavens I’ve got a day off tomorrow so won’t have to work through the consequent exhaustion 😱