Death of a Parent

Logan – Songwriting and grief

February 11, 2021

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan explains how a song about his father helped

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Bryan – Trauma

October 30, 2021

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

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Bryan – Vulnerability

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

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Adam – Things that are OK to do

December 21, 2022

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

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Keeping Records

November 17, 2023

I pulled the photos out of their envelope one at a time, turning over each one to carefully record the date, place, and people in the photo. Sometimes, I included comments. “Apple picking in Hamilton with Pop Pop, Fall, 2023. You loved the wagon ride!”. I slipped each picture into an empty pocket in my son’s photo album.

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Hope – My Story

January 26, 2023

Hope tells the story of her father’s death and how it affected her and her family

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Jackie – Expressive arts can help when grief is confusing

March 6, 2022

Jackie talks about how working with an artist therapist helped her after her sister and mother died

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Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

March 1, 2021

Mary explains the challenges of dealing with the death of her partner and then her parents

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Adam – Advice

December 21, 2022

Adam shares his advice about losing and remembering a loved one

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Hope – Benefits of child-centred grief programs

January 26, 2023

Hope discusses hope grief camp gave her and her family a place to feel normal

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Karyn and Aidan – Our story 2

February 21, 2022

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

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Logan – Advice

February 11, 2021

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

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