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    The Jolly Josh Centre Open Day 2022
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • May 1
    • 10 min

    The Jolly Josh Centre Open Day 2022

    Surreal, it’s the only word I can use to describe the opening of our very own Jolly Josh centre! Today the charity has reached a gigantic...
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    Rochdale Woman Of The Year 2022
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Apr 28
    • 5 min

    Rochdale Woman Of The Year 2022

    In 2019 I was invited to Rochdale Woman of the Year as a shortlisted nominee. I worked at the local special school teaching children...
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    Upon Reflection... 4 Years of Missing Joshua
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Aug 24, 2021
    • 8 min

    Upon Reflection... 4 Years of Missing Joshua

    We are now four years into our grief journey, and it’s not become any easier, time IS NOT a healer. I no longer cry every day, but...
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    To James on Father's Day 2021
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Jun 11, 2021
    • 5 min

    To James on Father's Day 2021

    To James on Father’s Day 2021, (an edited version from 2019) You are appreciated for being the most amazing Daddy to our children. You...
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    Joshua's 5th Birthday
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • May 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Joshua's 5th Birthday

    Today a special little boy should have turned 5, Joshua should have been waking up today another year older, I’d have been thinking about...
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    Pressing Pause… As We Enter 2021
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 4 min

    Pressing Pause… As We Enter 2021

    #pandemic #covid19 #lockdown #shielding #mindfullness #worklifebalance#mentalhealth #itsokaynottobeokay #grief #childbereavment #childloss
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    15 Months and 17 Days Of Loving You...
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    15 Months and 17 Days Of Loving You...

    Oliver is now 15 months and 17 days old, why is this so significant? Oliver is now the same age that Joshua (his brother) will forever be.
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    For Me, There’s Nothing New About The New Normal, Shielding And Face Coverings…
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 5 min

    For Me, There’s Nothing New About The New Normal, Shielding And Face Coverings…

    It’s as though a big, dark cloud bursting with ‘what ifs’ haunts me, blasting me with teasers of a life that should have been…
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    Our Little Wild One is One!
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    Our Little Wild One is One!

    Oliver is one! Our journey has been difficult, we’ve never actually had the time to appreciate just how difficult...
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    On our 3rd Wedding Anniversary...
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    On our 3rd Wedding Anniversary...

    We didn’t understand the depth of darkness that we’d be exposed to, we’ve seen and supported each other in the most horrific pain...
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    When Coronation Street is our reality
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • May 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    When Coronation Street is our reality

    At present @ITV @Coronation Street are revealing a storyline for Jane Danson (Leanne Battersby) and Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald). This...
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    Joshua's 4th Birthday
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • May 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    Joshua's 4th Birthday

    As the nation celebrates #VEday #VE75, our family not only reflects in celebration of freedom and victory, we also remember Joshua, on...
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    Brother's, Parenting After Loss
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • May 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Brother's, Parenting After Loss

    Yesterday, for a brief moment I thought I saw Joshua. It of course was Oliver but I've never seen him looking so much like his big...
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    Covid-19 My Thoughts during Lockdown
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Mar 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Covid-19 My Thoughts during Lockdown

    In 2017 James and I travelled (with authorisation and ‘support’) from London to our Children’s Hospice in Chorley with Joshua’s body...
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    Oliver is 6 months old!
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Oliver is 6 months old!

    Today Oliver is 6 months old! I have no idea where the time has gone, for most this is a simple monthly milestone, for us it's a sigh of...
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    Moving Forwards into 2020
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    Moving Forwards into 2020

    Moving forward into a New Year is always difficult for us, the further time passes, the more we feel that people expect us to have ‘moved...
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    More Than A Photo
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Dec 6, 2019
    • 3 min

    More Than A Photo

    Today Oliver is five months old, for us this is an important stage. His bother Joshua had monthly milestone photographs, like many...
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    A Place To Call Home
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Nov 2, 2019
    • 6 min

    A Place To Call Home

    Just two years after the launch of Jolly Josh’s first ever session, our families were today invited to a ‘Mystery Meet’, alongside the...
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    Love After Loss
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Oct 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    Love After Loss

    Oliver is 3 months old, I admit that I feel as though I’d been thrown in to a whirlwind since July and this is the first time that I’ve...
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    Jolly Josh 2nd Year Anniversary Celebrations
    jollyjoshrochdale
    • Sep 23, 2019
    • 7 min

    Jolly Josh 2nd Year Anniversary Celebrations

    The idea of ‘Jolly Josh two years ago was ‘pure imagination’. A chain of events would lead me (Founder, Carole Kelly) to realise that...
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