Our stories
Here at The New Normal Charity, we meet with hundreds of people from around the world. We have been helping people through life’s difficult moments for over two years now - facilitating conversations between individuals who find themselves in very similar positions. We promise that you are not as isolated as you feel.
It always helps to hear real-life experiences, to help reassure you.
Some of our meeting attendees have kindly shared their experiences below.
Jodie
Lost her sister on 04/12/2017
My sister’s name was Georgia, (I always called her George). She was 21 years old when she died and she took her own life. She was my first best friend and someone who I miss every single day and love forever. My sister was the funniest person I knew, she was the kind of person you would want at a party because she would be making everyone laugh and making jokes all the time. I think now whether this was partly a cover for how she was feeling and that hurts my heart a lot, but she cared so much for everyone else and made me feel like I was the best sister in the world with how much she loved me and her other siblings.
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Nicole
Lost her dad on 16/06/2019
My father used to play this song full blast over and over again when I was young. The bass would rattle every rickety bone in our house and we’d belt out the lyrics with fierce passion albeit ill-equipped voices. He owned every version and remix ever released of Radiohead's, Creep. Why? Because, well, that was his style. When he loved something, he loved it hard. Obsessively. To the point of no return. He taught me to do the same.
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Jess
Lost her dad in August 2011 & her mum in October 2013
In August 2011 my Dad died, suddenly from heart failure. He was away in Sweden on a work trip and never came home. Getting ‘the call’ from my brother “Jess, Dad's dead” created such a wave of shock that I think it swept me to somewhere I’ve never come back from - a “new normal”, a phrase coined by Jack and Ben that really resonates.
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Ben
Lost his dad on 01/08/2016
On August 1st 2016 my best friend left the world at 11.30am. After a long and difficult battle with cancer he slipped quietly from us with those he loved most by his side.
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Jack
Lost his dad on 19/09/2013
My dad’s name was Dave Baxter. He was 48 when he died of skin cancer. He was my best friend and I miss him every single day.
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