Death of a Parent

Lyss – Responsibilities

Lyss talks about her mother’s death, being the eldest and how it has effected the way she feels about responsibilities

The First Fathers’ Day Without Dad

When you lose a person in the generation before you, you begin to think about what they meant to you. When you lose a parent, you think about all they meant, and you hoped you either lived up to the best of yourself, or in some cases where the parenting was not as instructive or kind, you hope you’ve raised yourself beyond difficult circumstances.

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.

Amber – Grieving at the age of 17

Amber disucss what it’s like to be a teen when a parent dies

Kim – Support at the hospital

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

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.

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

Bryan – Mom

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

Sam – Depression

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

Matt – My Story

Matt tells how he found his birth mother and then lost her.

Lisa – Music and a safe space

Lisa explains how music has been a safe space for her to feel all of the emotions that have come up since she lost her Dad

Katie – Getting stronger

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