Death of a Parent

Cheryl and Mike – “Multiple losses”

Cheryl and Mike discuss the differences in loss of people who love you unconditionally. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Adam – Things that are OK to do

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

Grief & Ice Cream

When my wife of 18 years died in 2016, I became a single father missing the love of my life, and also had to learn how to raise two girls (13-17 at the time) on my own. I remember a conversation I had with my mother-in-law and oldest daughter that began as reminiscing over a person who became a lost love to all of us. We all talked about different aspects of my wife but shortly, it transformed into a “who meant more to her” fest.

Sam – How grief changes

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about time and grief

Matt – Telling my young son

Matt describes the death of his birth mother to his young son.

Rebecca -Absurdity

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

Amber – Talking about death

Amber explains why it’s so important to talk about grief and her kids

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

Margaux – “My Grief Story”

Margaux outlines the story of losing her mother to breast cancer and the experience of grief at milestones in her life. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

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

Creating Mother’s Day Traditions as a member of the Dead Mom Club

About a week after Easter this year, I noticed I was starting to feel off. My sleep wasn’t as restful, experiencing tension in my body, at times I was getting irritated with the simplest things. Then while streaming an episode of television, 4 ads back to back all talking about Mother’s Day. Then came the…

Jessica M – Legacy

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.