Death of a Parent

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

Lisa – Music helped after losing her Dad

Lisa shares how music has helped in her grieveing process.

Katie – Coping strategies

Katie explains her coping strategies

Lisa – What I do with my music

Lisa discusses what she does with the songs she writes and how they work for her when she needs to tap into a safe space

Antoinetta – Things that are hard about school

Antoinetta shares about the challenges she faced when returning to school after her father died

Bryan – Helping Others

Bryan explains how his experience with grief has helped him help others and why it’s so important for him.

Matt – Wisdom to pass on

Matt offers advice to his younger self about grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

Amber tells how she set up a Dad adventure day to keep the memory of her father alive for her kids and husband

Keeping Records

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.