“We got her ashes back via FedEx.” Losing his Mum during a pandemic, finding comfort in shared experiences and grieving with mild Asperger’s syndrome; with James Matthewson

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Welcome to this week's episode of the Dead Parent Club podcast!

This week I welcomed James Matthewson to the podcast, to share his story about his Mum Theresa who he lost just a few days before the UK's first national lockdown.

We talk about the repercussions of losing someone at the beginning of lockdown, when he was unable to organise a funeral and how he actually found comfort in this.

We talk about the physical side effects of his grief and how TNN's meet-ups have been a real source of comfort for him.

James also has mild Asperger's syndrome, and he shares how the loss of his Mum makes the loss feel like even more of a loss, as she played such a huge role in his life and navigating it.

Thank you for coming onto the podcast James!

This year's Christmas special

For this year's DPC Christmas episode, I'd like the opportunity to share a memory from as many of you as I can from the past year that you would have like to share with your parent/s. To get involved, you can either drop me an email or send me a voice note telling me 1) what your parent/s name is 2) Your favourite thing about them and 3) Something that happened this year that you're proud of/excited about/would simply like to share!

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