Death of a Parent

Hope – Benefits of child-centred grief programs

January 26, 2023

Hope discusses hope grief camp gave her and her family a place to feel normal

Death of a Parent / Video

Karyn and Aidan – Hospital and the COVID restrictions

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan talk about the challenges of the restrictions and the impact of COVID patients on John’s care

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Video

Lyss – Losing My Mother

March 23, 2023

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.

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Video

Keeping Records

November 17, 2023

I pulled the photos out of their envelope one at a time, turning over each one to carefully record the date, place, and people in the photo. Sometimes, I included comments. “Apple picking in Hamilton with Pop Pop, Fall, 2023. You loved the wagon ride!”. I slipped each picture into an empty pocket in my son’s photo album.

Blog Post / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Karyn and Aidan – Coping with the COVID restrictions

February 21, 2022

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

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Video

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and school

January 26, 2023

Hope talks about her fathers death, burdens and the importance of sharing emotions

Death of a Parent / Video

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Supporting Others / Video

Matt – Adoption and grief

July 16, 2020

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

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Video

Cheryl and Mike – “Grieving more than one person”

December 16, 2018

Mike and Cheryl discuss how it gets complicated with multiple losses. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Death of a Child / Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Maureen – “Unresolved conflicts”

October 17, 2019

Maureen shares about her Dad, anger, love and some tools to manage unresolved conflicts.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of a Parent / Video

Grief & Ice Cream

January 25, 2023

When my wife of 18 years died in 2016, I became a single father missing the love of my life, and also had to learn how to raise two girls (13-17 at the time) on my own. I remember a conversation I had with my mother-in-law and oldest daughter that began as reminiscing over a person who became a lost love to all of us. We all talked about different aspects of my wife but shortly, it transformed into a “who meant more to her” fest.

Blog Post / Death of a Child / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

February 21, 2022

Karyn and Aidan – Karyn tells the story leading up to John’s death during the pandemic

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / My Story Video / Video