Donna Ashworth
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Sunday Times best-selling author of Wild Hope, I wish I knew, loss, life, love, to the women & the right words…
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Thanks for so gracefully and selflessly showing us your beautiful body in its true, glowing real-ness. Thank you for posting your glorious beach snaps, knowing they would be snapped up by the body-obsessed press, and knowing this would only do so much good. Thank
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I like to think that the dogs of rainbow bridge, will be lining up to greet the wonderful Paul O’Grady today. Waiting to welcome a beautiful man who did so much good for their kind. I like to think he will be rolling around with dogs he lost, dogs he saved and dogs who simply
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Granted! Please credit , my blog thank you!!!!
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This poem went viral last week, read by the amazing
@harrybakerpoet
it’s been wonderful to watch!
#joychoseyou
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DEAR SON,
The bond a mother has with her boy is like a beautiful black-hole of utter love and adoration.
It is all-consuming, never-ending and mightier than us.
Women know one another by intuition and instinct, you see.
We are of the same.
But when a woman creates a boy,
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Dear Matthew,
The internet is awash with words of love for you today. Your passing has hit us hard, for many reasons.
For me, the absolute irony… that your life’s work is my ‘safe-place’. Guaranteed to switch my mood, lift my soul and make me laugh.
You spoke, through
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Today is national grief awareness day, let’s talk more about this, we will all grieve, we probably all are in some way, right now. Let’s talk more about it. Silence strengthens grief, sharing brings in light.
#nationalgriefawarenessday
#lovecamefirst
#wildhope
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I like to think all the Dads in heaven get to come down today and spend it with their loved ones. But you must invite them. Say their names, play their favourite music and tell that joke that made everyone groan. They will come. The thing about love is, it doesn’t die, you see.
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If tomorrow is hard, this can remind us why. And bring back the love.
#griefpoetry
#MothersDay
#grief
#SaturdayMotivation
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From ‘loss’ my love to all having one of those days xxxx
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Why do we start a new year, with promises to improve?
Who began this tradition of never-ending pressure?
I say, the end of a year, should be filled with congratulation, for all we survived.
And I say a new year should start with promises to be kinder to ourselves, to understand
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It’s
#WorldKindnessDay
and you might see some well known faces reading this little poem for my ‘wave of good’. Please do join in and tag me. When the world seems bad remember… most people are good
#wildhope
#mostpeoplearegood
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‘My mum, your Dad’ may just be the best TV we have seen in some time, because it brings to light such a vast array of real life situations, the media doesn’t ever focus on.
The spiderweb intricacies of parent-child bonds, and the complex mirror-image of child to parent, is both
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When someone facing death tells you to go grab life, I don't think they mean jump out a plane. I think they mean, let go of the handle bars of this ride. Stop gripping on too tight to conformity and schedule. Release the real you from its shackles and experience each day as
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No words needed because I know we are all united somewhere in the realm of shared intuition and collective consciousness. We come together in energy, for her. For the children. For everyone facing the same.
#katemiddleton
#fcancer
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This poem has gone viral, attributed to Dame Judi Dench! I am both flattered and honoured 😂 but it is mine, so do tag me if you see it. From ‘the right words’
#damejudidench
#viralpoem
#dontprioritiseyourlooks
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What a thing! World Kindness day 2023
#mostpeoplearegood
#WorldKindnessDay
@ThisisDavina
@ranvir01
@Liz_ORiordan
@Faye_Tozer
@AndersonNatalie
@lisafaulkner1
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This poem is flying around Facebook today. I’m very happy it resonates. From my new book ‘loss’
#grief
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DEAR DAUGHTER
I hope with all my heart that I showed you the real me.
That I didn’t pretend I had it all together, or that life was not hard.
I hope I gave you the belief of you, in your core.
That I loved you enough, albeit messily, to code a blueprint for life.
To show you
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@Jo_WhiteheadUK
There will be much excitement in the bridge. A lovely thought on a sad day 😞
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I woke up with an anxious start today.
Almost like the ‘beer fear’ from days of old, although I haven’t drunk alcohol in almost six months.
I know why I feel this way, I have a lot going on and I am pushing comfort zones, and lines in the sand, all over the place.
I have
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I think it’s time for this reminder ♥️♥️
Let them do what they need to do and you do the same.
And as the world around us rages, perhaps do a little more than just ‘let them’… perhaps you can say ‘how lovely’, ‘what a thing’…find some understanding.
Because these things
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So grateful for the chance to read this on
@BBCRadio2
this morning! What a pleasure
#toomanysundays
#SundayMotivation
#Sunday
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I just reached a million followers on Facebook and I’m feeling on top of the world on this
#BlueMonday
. Thank you all!!!! It means so much 🤩🤩🤩
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The mother bond is a complicated and wondrous thing. My love to all who find this week hard xx
#mothers
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Such a sad watch, so worth another share
#CarolineFlack
#CarolineFlackHerLifeAndDeath
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#SuicideAwareness
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What. A. Life.
102 years of you,
but we’ll revere you for much more…
Thank you Iris Apfel, for levelling the floor.
For doing life quite differently,
and showing the unsure, it’s time,
to cascade this world with colour,
and let your weird light shine.
A masterclass in
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This grief passage has been one of my most popular, I’m delighted to say, you can now pre-order the book it belongs to…
WILD HOPE: healing words to find light on dark days ♥️
#griefpoem
#griefquote
#funeralreading
#lovecamefirst
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I’m watching Matthew Perry’s map sparkle like the sky itself today. And I hope, beyond hope, that we can all start imagining our maps too, whilst we are still here… you’re so much more than you think you are ✨✨✨
#you
#youareenough
#youarenotalone
#MatthewPerry
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THE LOSS OF A FATHER
Is the anchor pulled from the seabed
the steering wheel unhinged
the mast split by lightning
and the bow broken by storm.
The ship that you sailed
until now
feels unsafe
no longer weather-proof
and without direction
or brave heart
to speed its way.
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Even if all you’re doing this weekend is hibernating, do it with passion. Give it your all. It’s not about living it large, it’s about giving the small stuff more of your heart.
And say the words that are in your heart too. And hold someone close if you can. And let yourself
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Most people are good. Most people kiss their pets goodbye and read ‘just one more’ bedtime story to their children. Most people visit their grandparents even when they have no time and stop by to check on quiet friends, after a day too long and draining. Most people return their
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When the world seems bad, remember, most people are good.
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If every single person who has liked you in your lifetime were to light up on a map… 🌟
Delighted to say that the book this poem belongs to, is open for pre-order (thank you, they really mean a lot x)
Donna x
WILD HOPE: healing words to find light on dark days ♥️
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The festive stress escalates with unbridled passion now… I shall be repeating this over and over. More to the moments, less to the list.
#MondayMotivation
#festivestress
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Some may mock but this knowing warms me on the coldest nights, when cruelty strikes. I hope it does you too. 🩶
#grief
#loss
#hope
#PrayForPeace
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On Halloween I like to remember my ancestors who paid the ultimate price for shining too brightly or weirdly. And I do it in their honour, for them…
#witches
#Halloween2023
#womennotwitches
#witchwound
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This brings me comfort and I hope it does for anyone else facing the longest goodbye . From Wild Hope 🩶
#dementia
#Alzheimers
#dementiapoem
#thelonggoodbye
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Celebrating ten weeks in the UK top ten hardback list… what a thing 🤩🥳
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MARCH
I have always believed March to be the harbinger of hope, the launch-pad to lighter days, the gateway to Spring. March soothes our winter-worn souls with anticipation and its promise of more. It gently shakes our hibernating toes and whispers ‘wake now, your wintering days
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Absolutely delighted to be No.3 on the Sunday times best-seller list this week! A dream realised 🤩🙌🏻
@thetimes
@bwpublishing
#sundaytimesbestseller
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It’s today!
I know this book will heal.
I know this book will help.
I know this book will help you find your hope when you’ve lost it somewhere along the way on this journey of life.
Please do share if you care to.
It matters very much to me ♥️😘
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TO THE TEACHERS
Thank you, to the teachers
who work harder than we see
always finding ways
to turn learning into glee
thank you, to the teachers
who see faces in their heads
as they try to close their eyes
and put their busy brain to bed
thank you, to the teachers
who
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If I could choose only one thing to share with the world…It would be this. 🖤
#lovecamefirst
#griefquotes
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Welcome February, you are the pressure release valve of the months
#february
#February2024
#newmonth
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My favourite quote from ‘wild hope’. This one actually rose from a poem in ‘I wish i knew’ and was adapted to create this mental image which I know resonates and encourages everyone ‘see’ how much they really are. 🤩. If only we could truly see this. What a thing. 😍
‘
#you
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This coercive ‘loves make you do crazy things’ narrative needs to go
#WillAndChris
#WillSmithAssault
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Not everyone will like you.
Not everyone will agree with the things you say, or do.
Not everyone will understand why you are who you are,
which trials and tribulations made you stronger, weaker, braver.
Not everyone will care enough to look beneath,
peek behind,
Or read
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If you’re struggling right now, if hopelessness is sucking you in. This helps. From ‘wild hope’ 💜
#hope
#IsraelPalestineConflict
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What. A. Thing!
🤩🤩 thank you to each and every person who made this happen for me.
@bwpublishing
#numberonebestseller
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A small snippet from a larger piece. The new chapters, after… they can be beautiful too
WILD HOPE: healing words to find light on dark days ♥️
#griefjourney
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DEAR DAUGHTER
I hope with all my heart that I showed you the real me.
That I didn’t pretend I had it all together, or that life was not hard.
I hope I gave you the belief of you, in your core.
That I loved you enough, albeit messily, to code a blueprint for life.
To show you
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A festive feel-good Christmas wish from me and the gloriously amazing
@RealDeniseWelch
@realsamia
@missamandalamb
@k8_thornton
@Lisasnowdo
@patsypalmerx
@LEMURSINSOCKS
and Tamsin Outhwaite
Music by Simon White, poem by me 😘
#MerryChristmas2023
#Christmas2023
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Sundays can be hard for the grieving. It’s the space, I think, the quiet. The ‘family’ element of this day of rest, can bring up lots of could-have-beens and ‘what-ifs’.
If this is you, my friend, I hope this poem I wrote for my loved ones, should I leave, might resonate. Might
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Slight typo in the previous post, apologies for the jarringness of it 😂
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