Death of a Parent

Adam – Crying and singing

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Adam talks about how crying and singing helps him cope even at the cemetary

Antoinetta – Story

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

Keith – “Grief at any age”

Keith discusses grief and age.

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan explains how a song about his father helped

Kim – Support at the hospital

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Katie – Getting stronger

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

Antoinetta – Grieving in community with others

Antoinetta discusses how grief camp made her feel so much more happy and how she found support and that she did not feel so alone

Sam – Mental health tools and resources

Sam discusses talking care of his mental health and group therapy after losing his father, uncle and cousin

Jeff – “Talking About Grief”

Jeff outlines the story of losing his mother to cancer and the difficulty he experienced when he struggled to acknowledge his grief after her death.

Jessica’s Reflections as an Adult Grieving Child

Parents or trusted adults are people children often turn to for support, but my circle of trusted adults was shrinking. My peers were focused on what to wear on civvies day (a day where we didn’t have to wear a uniform), while I was focused on just surviving.

Matt – Music helped my grief

Matt discusses how creativity and music help his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

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.