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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

#TheStarsWillStillBeThere is out in paperback this week, it's a story of hope, love, kindness & resilience. A very ordinary family living everyone's worst nightmare. Bruce 🐕‍🦺 is staying with us this week & was VERY keen to get involved with this video! #BeMoreLaura 🌈 #Books

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Next Sunday I’ll be running the #LondonMarathon for #BeMoreLaura & #SiblingSupport 2 charities very close to my heart ❤️ Last year I wore the names of 252 people lost to #braincancer - my skirt is pretty full but if you’ve lost someone to this awful disease pls let me know & I’ll add them #ForLaura🌈

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

As we near the end of #BrainTumourAwarenessMonth the need for change is more desperate than ever. Through the #BeMoreLaura foundation we'll keep campaigning & funding vital research into #Glioblastoma because no family should ever experience this utter devastation. #TheStarsWillStillBeThere Laura 💚

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Some moments change your life forever. I just wanted to share this audio clip from #TheStarsWillStillBeThere - the very first inkling that something was amiss. Like so many other families, we thought brain tumours happened to other people but we were horribly wrong. #BrainTumourAwarenessMonth

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Delighted to reveal the lovely new cover of #thestarswillstillbethere inspired by a canvas Gracie painted, which only makes me love it more Thanks to everyone who's posted a review your kind comments have meant the world Paperback on sale in May pre-order here lnk.to/TheStarsWill... #bemorelaura

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Salt Water @findyourharbor.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Gracie & I got matching tattoos when we lost Laura last year, I felt the need to wear my grief in some way because I would forever by branded by the loss of my daughter. She was my North my South, my East my West. My working week and my Sunday rest. ~ @shitscaredmum.bsky.social #tattoosoflove

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

You should be very proud of this incredible book Kevin - and lovely to see mine on the shelf too x

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Gracie's recently joined the team at Sibling Support Charity & this week they’ve launched an incredibly helpful resource for parents trying to help a child cope with the loss of their sibling. Please feel free to share with anyone who might find it helpful ❤️ www.siblingsupport.co.uk/programme-fo...

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Sibling bereavement support for parents — Sibling Support

Around 100 parents, siblings and bereavement practitioners have come together to create the programme for parents, supporting adults after the death of their child. The programme has advice, activitie...

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Public speaking scares the pants off me but it’s important to share our stories (& #bemorelaura ) so today I was grateful for the opportunity to speak at a brilliant Pro Manchester event alongside the inspirational Clarke Carlisle & Andrew Jenkins from S2 #Traitors

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

“We walked to a bench overlooking the sea to stare up at a million stars in the velvet sky, untroubled by light pollution. ‘When we’re dead & buried, the stars will still be there, & the tide will come in and go back out; we’re really hardly anything at all, are we?’ Laura said softly.”

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I’m sure I’ve been guilty of this in the past & I know I meant well but whether it’s the loss of a loved one or a horrible diagnosis - words really do count. Starting a consoling sentence with ‘Well at least…’ is never a good idea & if you don’t know what to say - just say that ❤️ #grief #childloss

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

As of today, I can no longer say ‘I lost my daughter last year’ & if it’s not last year, it must seem like ages ago to other people who probably wonder why I'm still so bloody sad? 2025 is another year Laura doesn’t get to see & a step further away from her. Grief is completely relentless isn’t it 💔

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

What started as a mad idea back in Jan ended yesterday as - with the help of friends & family - Gracie & I completed our 100th climb of #PendleHill on Laura’s 25th birthday If you’re up early tomorrow you can watch us finish on BBC Breakfast. Happy Christmas & thank you for the love & support 🎄

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Back in January @GracieNuttall41 & I set ourselves the challenge of 100 climbs of #PendleHill before Laura would have turned 25. We’ve saved the very last one for her birthday on Monday - really hope it’s drier than number 99 was yesterday! #WalkingTherapy #BeMoreLaura ❤️

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Really didn’t expect the loss of our beloved collie Ziggy to multiply the grief we were already experiencing - but without both Laura & Ziggy, everything just feels broken & unfixable I know there’s lots to be grateful for & others have it harder, but this Christmas feels v tough. #BlueChristmas

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thank you so much for including me Kevin x

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Well Manchester loved Vampire Weekend! Brilliant show, fantastic musicians ❤️

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Always worth remembering this, it’s ok to feel exactly how you feel and ignore any sentence that starts with ‘At least….’ #grief #childloss

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Heading down to #Westminster for the APPG on #BrainTumours & hope to catch up with our new MP #JonathanHinder & committee chair #SiobhainMcDonagh I’m doing my best to be optimistic that this might herald a renewed focus on kinder, more effective treatments - change is well overdue @braintumourrsch

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Today my 5 yr diary is complete. It’s full of wonderful memories & the worst days anyone could live through Every day I’ve been reminded of the events of past yrs but now I’m writing in a blank book - feels sadly symbolic Without it, I’d never have written #TheStarsWillStillBeThere #BookSky

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Forever grateful to #TonyLivesey & @mrchrishunter.bsky.social for continuing to shine a light on #BrainCancer allowing me to talk about how underfunded & under-researched it is It’s 18 mths since we lost Laura, 6 yrs since she was diagnosed but treatments for #glioblastoma haven’t changed in decades

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Useful suggestions for anyone who finds the festive period challenging for whatever reason, but especially for the grievers like us who find it all a bit of a struggle ❤️

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

What a fantastic documentary, thank you Glenn for sharing your story it was moving & so powerful - may your scans remain beautifully stable ❤️ Thanks to @hugh1eadams.bsky.social for mentioning Laura on #BBCBreakfast it meant the world @braintumourrsch.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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My Brain Tumour and Me

BBC political editor Glenn Campbell felt he’d had a lucky escape in 2023 when he fell off his bike, breaking ten ribs. Just six weeks later, he was diagnosed with incurable brain cancer.

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This #JohnLewis ad is lovely but oh my goodness it makes me cry - for Gracie, for me, for my mum and everyone who’s lost a sister. Gosh Christmas is full of emotional trap doors isn’t it . Big hugs if you’re finding it tough too ❤️ youtu.be/55ghIHTaRzM?...

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The Gifting Hour | John Lewis & Partners | Christmas Ad 2024

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Pretty much the only advantage to getting older.. #LondonMarathon

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The best thing about social media has always been the incredible connections you can make with people who live all round the world The emotional & practical support from almost strangers can often be a lifeline, especially when they ‘get it’ in ways that dearest friends & closest family just can’t 💔

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If, like Laura I was diagnosed with #glioblastoma I’d seriously consider #AssistedDying Yet I’d have tried to talk her out of making the same choice Given a 12mth prognosis she lived well for 4yrs, travelled, studied & touched many lives Her death was hell, but she lived an entire life #bothsides

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

In January Gracie came up with the idea of climbing #PendleHill 25 times before Laura’s 25th birthday in December 25 became 50, then 100. Walking became our therapy, precious ring fenced time together in all seasons, all weather. Today was the 90th (with Erin) so we’re bang on schedule for 23/12

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The devastating loss of a sibling is often given little recognition,in spite of the fact that it should be the longest & most enduring relationship of your life I’m v proud of Gracie for turning her own grief into something helpful & positive #SiblingLoss www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/life/1411202...

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'I still text her': Gracie Nuttall reflects on her sister's passing last year - Mancunian Matters

Over a year on from the tragic death of Laura Nuttall, who passed away following a lengthy battle with Stage 4 brain cancer, Glioblastoma, in May 2023, her sister, Gracie, spoke with Kedar Bayley

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Nicola Nuttall @shitscaredmum.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello brave new blue sky world! I’m here for talk about life & #loss, #glioblastoma & #grief, #books & #braintumours. And why a #cancer that kills the most under 40s gets 2% of funding & has seen no new treatments for decades. We lost our beloved girl in May 23 #BeMoreLaura is her legacy ❤️

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