Death of a Partner

Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

Mary explains the challenges of dealing with the death of her partner and then her parents

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

John – What I have learned

John explains how he has changed since his wife died and now looking back what he would say to his self right after his loss

Jean – Traditions and grief

Jean discusses belief systems and traditions

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

Doug M – “Recovery from Grief”

Doug discusses how you learn that there are opportunities in the rest of your life. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Holly – Every grief is unique

Holly talks about how grief can make you feel like you have lost your soul but that there is something to learn

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael relays a story of a man coping after the loss of his wife.

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

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.

Weaving the Tapestry of Love

Learning to become a better person is a wonderful consequence of being in a loving relationship with someone; you’re present in ways that help them grow into their best self. It’s an organic process you flow with on a journey we map out with intention, though in reality, it remains unknowable. That is why a…