Death of a Parent

Karyn and Aidan – Support from others

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan discuss how family, friends, and people they didn’t know in the community supported them.Talking, meals, dog walking are among the things that made a huge difference.

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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 – Describing grief during the pandemic

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic

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Learning from Grief

December 7, 2022

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.

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Zoreena – Support systems

March 31, 2022

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

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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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Hope – Benefits of play in helping kids work through grief

January 26, 2023

Hope discusses how recreation and play can help kids understand deal with their loss.

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Karyn and Aidan – Our story

February 21, 2022

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

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Rebecca – Humour and grief

September 4, 2020

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

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