Death of a Parent

Antoinetta – Story

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

Holly – Singing in the last days

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing

Katie – Getting stronger

Katie talks losing her mother when she was young and how the experience helped her when she lost her Dad

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Sam – Depression

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about depression and being self aware

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

Matt – Adoption and grief

Matt talks about how adoption and grief have similarities. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Bryan – My Story

Bryan talks about his father being a lawyer and being shot and killed by an apposing lawyer. He talks about his mother and brother and how they have coped

Bryan – Mom

Bryan gives his mother credit for how well she raised her two sons after her husband was murdered

Finding Joy During the Holidays After Loss When Everything Feels Awful: A message of hope.

My mother died in the middle of the night on January 1, four days before I turned sixteen. I don’t remember much about Christmas the couple weeks before she died, just that we spent a lot of that season in the ICU of the hospital where my mother had birthed my brother and I. For…

Matt – Wisdom to pass on

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

Antoinetta – Things that help when struggling

Antoinetta talks about the first time she learned that it was ok that she was grieving and how to unpack all her feelings