Melissa Mead MBE (@amotherwithout) / X

Melissa Mead MBE

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Melissa Mead MBE

@amotherwithout

A journey through my grief of losing my child. The days will always be brighter because he existed. The nights will always be darker because he's gone.

South West, England

amotherwithoutachild.com

Joined January 2015

Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Dec 14, 2020
I share this photo every year on the day that William died. Very few people talk about child loss but it happens and it’s pure and utter devastation. You cannot sugarcoat it and this photo is the reality of #sepsis The longing doesn’t lessen. I miss you. This shouldn’t be 😢
Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Dec 13, 2023
“Goodnight sweetheart I love you”. The last words I would ever say to my son alive. I went to bed that evening having been told William had a virus. I didn’t know he was dying. I would do ANYTHING to turn back the clock. To not listen to them. To put him to bed 1 more time.
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Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Dec 7, 2023
“Is it Christmas pickle” 1 week later I went to wake him up to find he’d died. We had plans that Sunday. We had Christmas planned. He had his whole life ahead of him. #sepsis stole him. My beautiful boy, how I miss you so. What I would do to do be able to kiss you again 💔
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Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Dec 14, 2023
14/12/14 08:44am “I’m sorry my love, but he’s gone” #sepsis stole my little baby. This is our reality, there will be no more photos. Today I ask you to donate £10 @UKSepsisTrust £1 for each yr of his life. To help prevent this from happening to others justgiving.com/williamoscarme…
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Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Dec 28, 2018
In the New Years Honours Ive been awarded an MBE for services to raising awareness of #sepsis I wasn’t able to give this award to William posthumously so I’ll accept it on his behalf He gave his life to save others this is just my way of being his mum 💙 thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/6…
Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Oct 9, 2023
As we head into #BabyLossAwarenessWeek this is the gut wrenching reality of baby loss He was loving. He was beautiful. He loved sausage rolls. He had a sweet smell. He had the best smile. He had the softest hair Was. Loved. Had. We will never know what would be. #BLAW #Sepsis
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Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Oct 15, 2024
#WaveofLight for William and all of those precious children who could not stay. I will always wonder who you would have been 🩵💙
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Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Dec 14, 2018
14/12/14 08:37am “I’m sorry my love but he’s gone.” 7 words that physically knocked the breath & life out of me. This is the reality of #sepsis it cannot be sugarcoated. The LAST photo of me & my son together. You don’t get a 2nd chance with sepsis. Pls ask ‘could it be sepsis
Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Feb 21, 2019
Today is bittersweet. A day that only happened because a little boy gave his life so others could live. I found an #MBE hard to accept until someone said in your instance it stands for Mother Beyond Expectation. Being a mother is a privilege not a right and William is my hero 💙
Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Dec 28, 2018
💙 New Year Honours 2019: Sepsis campaigner appointed MBE - BBC News
New Year Honours 2019: Sepsis campaigner appointed MBE
From bbc.co.uk
Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Jan 3, 2025
10 yrs ago There is nothing heavier in this world than carrying your child’s coffin. It was 30 inches long. I was the last person to see William. I had to close the lid. There is nothing that can prepare you for that Hug your children a little closer today. Life is precious 💔
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Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Mar 14, 2021
I miss you. I miss you every day. Every hour. Every minute. Every second. I miss you 💔
Melissa Mead MBE
@amotherwithout
Nov 13, 2020
Six years since I took my Twitter profile picture. 31 days after this photo William died of #sepsis please look up the symptoms of sepsis, be informed. It’s nearly six years since I held him last. That’s too long 😢