Death of a Partner

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.

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

Holly – Befriending our mortality workshops

Holly explains how creating can be helpful with grief and how we don’t talk about death

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

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

Kara – “Dogs”

Kara discusses how pets help. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Shannon – Growing through Grief

Shannon discusses post traumatic growth and how it can be an expectation

Mary S – The value of writing

Mary talks about how much writing has helped inlcuding writing what her partner would have said

Doug M – “Planning for Death”

Doug talks about how planning for a funeral and life after his wife’s death was helpful. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

John – The power of journaling

John shares how journaling has helped him so much

John – My Story

John tells the story of his wife became ill suddenly and died

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

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