Death of a Parent

Jessica M – Continuing Bonds

Jessica talks about the values of continuing bonds and connections with people who are not here anymore. She gives some examples of things that have made her more connected to her Mom.

Hope – Waves of grief

Hope talks about the loss of her father and how grief comes in waves and how a therapist helped her understand that she had pushed her emotions down

Matt – Wisdom to pass on

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

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Matt – Grief changes

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

Bryan – Helping Others

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

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.

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Katie – Reminders in nature

Katie talks about crying privately and how nature can help. Cardinals remind her of her father

Kim – Self care

Kim talks about looking after yourself and how much it helps. In particular be kind to yourself

Lyss – Losing My Mother

Lyss discusses losing her mother and how her first thought was that her mother would never meet her kids Now being a mother herself brings back many memories of her.

Bryan – Mom

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