Dotty's Diary

Lesson 3 - Storms, Shine & Rainbows By Stacey Salt A gentle and kind warning to say the following is in honour of Baby Loss Awareness week and the Wave of Light. There is some sensitive content around baby loss, my story and some photos which may upset some. For those who know me some of this story will be familiar, for those entering my story for the first time the experience may be familiar, or not but sharing stories can help others, especially those feeling alone and not in the right place to share theirs.  The power of global awareness days is driven by social networks, websites, support networks and all the millions of people in those vehicles contributing in their own ways to spread awareness. Some share their stories, others offer support, kind words, advice …  whatever the input everyone has a common purpose, awareness and coming together underpinned by the practice of solidarity, care, compassion, and empathy. Technology and social networks provide the plat...

Grief, stop measuring it!  Stacey Salt This morning (07/10/2022) I heard yet another story of a teacher experiencing the loss of someone close, it is irrelevant for me to say the title or place in their life they had, what is relevant is the feeling of losing a person who was close and had presence in their life for so many years. However, they have experienced such unkind and inhumane treatment at work from their manager and even their colleagues. Commenting on who the person was that had passed away, how much time they had taken and they had let their students down for taking time off. Unfortunately, this person had to take the time as sick because the college policies are so dated that unless it is someone of a title such as mother, father, child then it is insignificant in the time you need to grieve. I shared my thoughts via Twitter and as the day went one, felt compelled to share more depth on my experience. Twitter Post Why do I have solidarity in their experience? Why have ...