There is nothing to be done tonight
A sudden and unexpected death has happened again
Ripping the heart out of a family
Stealing a beautiful soul
As I write this my heart is heavy
For a father who has lost a daughter
A husband who has lost a wife
And two tiny babies who will never know their mummy
The world makes no sense to me
None at all
I am struggling not to just cry
For a family I do not know
But whose loss I have some understanding of
Loss of life
Loss of potential
Loss of a future
Loss of love
No parent should have to mourn their child
No children should never know their mummy
They will love her and cherish her for always
But right now there is darkness and pain
Such dense darkness
Such heart piercing pain
Uncontrollable tears
For all they knew
And all they had yet to discover and enjoy
They will miss her every day
In ways none of us can begin to imagine
Each in their own individual way
They will grieve for her every day
For the rest of their lives
Together, independently, individually
They will mourn for her
And what she was to them
What she is and forever will be
For them
And she will forever be in all they do
Carried in their hearts
But it is not the same
It is not enough
It can never ever be the same or be enough
And every time some other
Loses one of their significant others
Their pain will be excruciating and raw all over again
Every loss will feel like theirs
Loss of love
Loss of a future
Loss of potential
Loss of life
Tonight my heart breaks all over again
For the family of Peaches Geldof
And for our baby daughter Matilda Mae
May you both be at the peace in the stars
May all our angels find peace in the stars
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”
― José N. Harris, MI VIDA: A Story of Faith, Hope and Love
xxx
Any death is sad, unbelievably sad. My heart goes out to her children 🙁 xx
Beautifully written as always
I had no clue who this post was about until i saw you wrote “Peaches Geldof” – I’m in actual shock. I followed her on twitter and saw a tweet from her just yesterday – a photo of her and her late Mummy when she was a child. To find out she has died at the age of 25 is just shocking. God love those two little boys of hers 🙁 xx
Beautifully written. I had tears in my eyes reading the news of her death, her poor family, those poor young boys. And for the rest of family family too, after the death of their wife/mother.
xxx
So sad. The world makes no sense at all. I wish you didn’t know their pain so well. May she rest in perfect peace x
Oh my gosh this is so, so sad 🙁 I just don’t know what I would do if anything happened to my mummy. God bless mummies everywhere, and children and babies too, here and in heaven 🙁 xx
Such a vibrant full of life articulate girl. Doesn’t make sense at all. My recent memory of her is the video with Katie Hopkins where everyone said she “owned” her. That day so many gave kudos to her. It was the day that I found out for the first time that she has a lot of similar parenting beliefs to me. Normally I am quite distant to celebs, but I felt a real connection to her when that was aired and watched it several times. What came across is how being a Mum woke something up in her. She came across as SO VERY alive. So my heart wrenched today when I heard the news. I don’t know how her husband and father are so brave to already have given statements, but we live in a social media world where news goes round the world in minutes. Doesn’t give the family chance to catch their breath. My love and thoughts are with them all tonight, and with Peaches, wherever her soul may be. Truly heartbreaking and so very brave of you to write about it. You are always so eloquent. Much love to you too honey.
Liska x
It is so unbelievably sad. The wondering why and where she is, the fear, the not understanding. Just thinking about her two little ones breaks my heart. Beautifully written as always lovely x
My heart broke for that poor family as it does for yours. I had so much respect for Peaches and nobody should have to go through the pain of losing a child x x x
I don’t understand this world. It doesn’t make sense to me. However, at times like these, it just reinforces how much we have to live in the moment and treasure every day. You never know when your time to leave will come. So sad.
Such a sad, sad situation. I followed Peaches on Instagram and she constantly posted videos and photos of her precious children. They were her world and yes, they will miss her terribly.
x x
It is very sad about Peaches, I was on twitter and saw someone tweet that Peaches had passed away! I was in shock, I watched the news all evening.. It’s so very sad 🙁 Her children are constantly in my thoughts as is the rest of her family. xxx
Peaches’ death sits heavily in my heart. I found myself crying today after putting my baby girl down for a nap after a feed. I know Peaches was a breastfeeding mum too and I can’t bear to think of those babies in distress because she isn’t there. Thank you for this post.
As I started reading this I thought it was about a husband and twins who recently lost their mother at birth after refusing a blood transfusion due to her religion. I recently lost my mum, its very hard. I hope her boys have lots of memories to help keep her alive. I hope this hope for everyone who has lost someone.