Death of a Parent

Katie – Reminders in nature

Katie talks about crying privately and how nature can help. Cardinals remind her of her father

Bryan – Mom

Bryan gives his mother credit for how well she raised her two sons after her husband was murdered

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

Kim – Support at the hospital

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

Matt – Crying

Matt talks about men and crying. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Lyss – Depression, Anxiety, and Self Harm

Depression, anxiety, self harm, theapy, support, mental health, suicide

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

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.

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan – Karyn tells the story leading up to John’s death during the pandemic

Amber – My Story

Amber talks about the traumatic death of her father in an explosion and being 17