When my mum died, everything changed. I’m a teenager, and I didn’t know how to talk about what I was feeling – mostly because I didn’t even understand it myself. I felt angry, numb, alone… and like I had to pretend I was okay.
When I started counselling through the Glimmer Project, I wasn’t sure it would help. But from the first session, I felt safe. My counsellor didn’t push me – she just listened. Slowly, I started to open up.
We talked, created, and explored ways to cope with the sadness and the memories. I learned that my feelings weren’t wrong – they were part of grief. And that it was okay to feel joy again too.
Glimmer helped me feel connected -not just to my mum, but to myself. I still have hard days, but I don’t feel alone anymore.
