Guy Opperman
People have various ways of dealing with grief, some withdraw and deal with it privately, others share their grief with others.
Our Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman has chosen to share the grief he has over the loss of his newly born twins . In reading his thoughts and in re-publishing them here, I have been touched by the humanity of Guy Opperman’s tribute. I hope that as a community , we can support our minister and find ways to help each other.
Sadly, just over a week ago we lost our twin boys
Teddy came and went from this world quickly and quietly. He passed peacefully. Our younger twin, Rafe, was not born until Tuesday 23, but died later that day in NeoNatal ICU.
Baby loss, and coping with grief, is very hard 1/ pic.twitter.com/B0KC2g5FTr— Guy Opperman (@GuyOpperman) July 1, 2020
Nothing we could do. Just a horrible tragedy. We emerged from hospital a week ago shell shocked. We have taken some time out to recover. I am back at work part time, but bear with me. We will come through this, but will always miss our boys. Cards are fine, but pls no flowers 2/
— Guy Opperman (@GuyOpperman) July 1, 2020
The loss of our younger twin Rafe was particularly acute. He lived and died within a long day. But we treasure our time with him in Neonatal ICU. We were able to tell him of all our hopes and dreams for him, and our family; but he could not make it and died in Flora’s arms 3/
— Guy Opperman (@GuyOpperman) July 1, 2020
We are grateful to the NHS doctors + nurses who tried to save our boys. We are engaging with Sands, who help families coping with the grief of baby loss. We will try and establish a small fund to support research that will prevent other families experiencing the same pain 4/
— Guy Opperman (@GuyOpperman) July 1, 2020
The Wave quote is a good description of this awful process, and an acceptance of life passing. You never regret trying to have children. Sometimes baby loss happens. We will never forget our boys. They will be with us always. Just sadly only in their spirit and their memory 5/
— Guy Opperman (@GuyOpperman) July 1, 2020
@floetry and I have now set up a donation fund for research that will hopefully assist the prevention of other families experiencing the same pain from #pprom + #babyloss that we went through with Teddy & Rafe. ❤️💞6/https://t.co/Xz5oXwVVQK
— Guy Opperman (@GuyOpperman) July 1, 2020
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