Death of a Parent

Karyn and Aidan – Coping with the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they dealt with not being able to visit John in hospital

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

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.

Lyss – Music

Lyss remembers playing music for her mother as she was dying and how music has helped with feelings

Adam – Story 1

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

Hope – My Story

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

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool

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 – Camp for grief

Hope talks about the benefits of grief camp for her and her twin sister

Zoreena – My Story

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

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

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

Caileigh – Advice to my younger self about grief

Caileigh talks about things that you can do to balance out feelings that it’s okay to experience all of the big feelings that you have, to find joy in little moments, and to find ways that you can cope with those big feelings.