Death of A Loved One

Jessica M – Continuing Bonds

Jessica talks about the values of continuing bonds and connections with people who are not here anymore. She gives some examples of things that have made her more connected to her Mom.

Kim – Checking in is very important

Kim explains why it is so important to check in and keep in touch with people who have lost

Holly – Singing in the last days

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing

Bryan – Vulnerability

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

Adrianna – Guilt and death by suicide

Adrianna gives insights she has found about guilt

Karyn and Aidan – Planning a celebration of life during COVID

Karyn and Aidan discuss creating a celebrating of life during the pandemic

Jackie – Finger painting and grief

Jackie discusses how finger painting help her with her feelings while she was grieving the loss of her mother and sister

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

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

Jessica M – A Parking Lot Memorial

Jessica shares how her family gathered after her uncle died during COVID and how her family came up with a creative way of getting together in a parking lot.

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.

Joyce – When you are a mother who loses a child

Joyce shares about how she has felt as a mother who lost a child

Adam – Advice

Adam shares his advice about losing and remembering a loved one