Death of a Parent

Kim – Some cry some don’t

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Jessica M – Legacy

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.

Margaux – “It never really hit me at one moment”

Margaux describes the experience of gradually processing her grief through individual and group therapy. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Adam – Advice

Adam shares his advice about losing and remembering a loved one

Holly – Singing in the last days

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

Rebecca -Absurdity

Rebecca talks about the death of her father and how things can seem real unreal, absurd when in grief

Karyn and Aidan – Coping with the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they dealt with not being able to visit John in hospital

Adam – Things that are OK to do

Adam talks about things he does to cope with grief like singing and crying

Adam – Story 1

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Reflections on Mother’s Day

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.