Death of A Loved One

Finding Joy During the Holidays After Loss When Everything Feels Awful: A message of hope.

December 10, 2024

My mother died in the middle of the night on January 1, four days before I turned sixteen. I don’t remember much about Christmas the couple weeks before she died, just that we spent a lot of that season in the ICU of the hospital where my mother had birthed my brother and I. For…

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Andrea – My Story

March 26, 2022

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

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Kate – My art and my brother

March 11, 2023

Kate talks about being an artist and expression through art can remind her of her brothers encouragement

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Matt – Wisdom to pass on

July 16, 2020

Matt offers advice to his younger self about grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

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Craig – Resilience in the Face of Adversity

August 1, 2023

Craig how he overcame a series of challenges, including the loss of his marriage, his job, and his home. He talks about how he found the strength to keep going and how he learned to be more resilient.

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Mary S – The value of writing

March 1, 2021

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

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Holly – The symbolic nature of death

March 7, 2021

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

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Russell – “My Story”

December 16, 2018

Russell discusses learning how to deal with the loss of his son.

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Amber – Talking to your kids about death

June 8, 2021

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids

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Joyce – Mothers supporting mothers in grief

April 23, 2023

Joyce talks about the value of a support network of other mothers who have lost

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Kara – “Meals”

December 17, 2018

Kara discusses food shopping for one and learning what she as an individual likes. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

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Kim – Support at the hospital

March 5, 2022

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

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