Everyone copes with grief differently. Some people surround themselves with loved ones, others prefer to deal with it alone, some turn to religion, or therapy. For me, the answer was sugar. After losing my brother in 2017, comfort eating was the only way to numb those feelings of pain and momentarily feel a bit of release.
I’d been lying in bed one night when I heard my phone ringing. It was my mum, telling me she was outside.
I tiptoed downstairs, careful not to wake my two kids, Jack, then six and Izzy, four. The moment I opened the door to my mum, Wendy, then 53,