Death of A Loved One

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

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…

Amber – My Story

Amber talks about the traumatic death of her father in an explosion and being 17

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

Betsy talks about support and what really helps when one is in grief

Doug M – “It’s Ok to have a new life”

Doug tells how he has had mixed emotions but that ultimately it’s OK to have a new life. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Holly – Befriending our mortality workshops

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

Shannon – Growing through Grief

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

Cheryl B – My story

Cheryl discusses her husbands mental illness and then death from a heart attack

Bryan – Vulnerability

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

Keeping Records

I pulled the photos out of their envelope one at a time, turning over each one to carefully record the date, place, and people in the photo. Sometimes, I included comments. “Apple picking in Hamilton with Pop Pop, Fall, 2023. You loved the wagon ride!”. I slipped each picture into an empty pocket in my son’s photo album.

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

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

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.