{"id":782,"date":"2026-09-05T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/gaby-hinsliff-reflects-on-the-loneliness-of-losing-a-parent\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T05:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:00:30","slug":"gaby-hinsliff-reflects-on-the-loneliness-of-losing-a-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/gaby-hinsliff-reflects-on-the-loneliness-of-losing-a-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaby Hinsliff reflects on the loneliness of losing a parent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent piece for The Guardian, columnist Gaby Hinsliff explores the profound isolation that accompanies the loss of a parent, contrasting it with the overwhelming support often received during new parenthood. She recounts the haunting sight of her mother&#8217;s house, preserved exactly as it was at the time of her death, complete with marked novels and a fragile shopping list pinned to a noticeboard.<\/p>\n<p>Hinsliff describes the emotional complexity of this period, characterizing it as a mix of exhaustion, love, occasional rage, and moments of dark humor. She notes that her mother would want her to share that caregivers should not be afraid of these conflicting feelings.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights the physical remnants of care, such as the empty hospital bed delivered by social services, which now sits stripped bare in the sitting room awaiting collection for another family. As the sole visible change from the past, only the cats, who have overcome their fear of visitors to seek comfort, remain as companions in the grief-stricken home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columnist Gaby Hinsliff describes the bewildering and isolated experience of caring for her dying mother and navigating the aftermath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1766,712,1764,1656,1765,10],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-bereavement","tag-family","tag-gaby-hinsliff","tag-parenting","tag-the-guardian","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}