Death of a Parent

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.

Amber – Talking about death

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

Kim – It’s different during a pandemic

Kim talks about how the pandemic influenced how they were able to deal with her Mum’s death

Matt – Grief changes

Matt explains how he deals with his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Hope – My Story

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

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

Lyss – Support, Family, and Friends

Lyss discusses the long process of her mother dying, miscarriages and support from family and friends

Cheryl and Mike – “Why get counseling”

Cheryl and Mike talk about the benefits of counselling. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Lisa – Music helped after losing her Dad

Lisa shares how music has helped in her grieveing process.

Maureen – “Unresolved conflicts”

Maureen shares about her Dad, anger, love and some tools to manage unresolved conflicts.

Sam – How grief changes

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