Death of a Partner

Hope – Different lenses

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse

Cheryl B – My story

Cheryl discusses her husbands mental illness and then death from a heart attack

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

Holly discusses doing art, the symbolic nature of urns and the denial of death

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

Mary S – Grief is not the enemy

Mary talks about embracing grief is love

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Shannon – Guilt vs Shame

Shannon talks about guilt can be a part of the grieving process but shame has to do with “is there something wrong with me”

Shannon – Hope for Healing

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

Jean – My own grief and being a professional counsellor

Jean shares about being a counselor and going through her own grief

Grief & Ice Cream

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.