Death of a Partner

Shannon – Power of Presence

Shannon discusses how just showing up, being present is a powerful way of supporting to someone who has lost. Listen more – talk less.

John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

John – Empower yourself

John shares his thoughts about how to support someone in grief and his processes

Kara – Starting a grief journey again

Kara explains how Covid-19 has made her have to relearn tools to help in her grief. The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

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.

Karyn and Aidan – Support from others

Karyn and Aidan discuss how family, friends, and people they didn’t know in the community supported them.Talking, meals, dog walking are among the things that made a huge difference.

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

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.