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Terri - Interview 19

Terri - Interview 19

Age at Interview: 43
Sex: Female
Background: Terri is a Health professional. She is married and has 3 children and 1 who died. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.

Brief outline:In 2003 Terri’s son was stabbed to death in his home. His grandmother was attacked too. Three men were involved in the attacks. Terri was away. News of her son’s death was very traumatic. Counselling, Compassionate Friends, family and friends have helped.

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Terri found the Winston’s Wish website for her older daughter, which helped her. Through the website her daughter made contact with two other girls who had also lost siblings.
Print Did you find any other help from the Internet? I can’t remember the name of it now. I found one for my children. It was a sibling website. I can’t remember the name, it escapes me. And I got my daughters to go on it. And that was children, all under 16, sharing their experiences. Did she find that helpful? Yes, yes, very much. The elder one did. Yes, she met a couple of young girls on there that had lost a sibling, so yes. Winston’s Wish, that was it. Yes.

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