I was a mother of two. Five weeks later, a mother of one. Here's what I learned about true grief

On November 5, Clare Mackintosh became a mother of two. Five weeks later, she lost one of her baby boys. She shares her story

Clare Mackintosh was 30 when she lost her baby son, Alex, at just five weeks.

If you had asked me when I was in my 20s what grief felt like, I would have told you it felt like sadness. I would have told you that people who were grieving cried a great deal, found little joy in everyday pleasures, but that they eventually moved on.

I knew nothing, back then, of grief.