Death of A Loved One

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

Death of a Partner / Video

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

November 22, 2022

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.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of a Partner / Grief and Trauma / Suicide / Video

KIm – Planning a funeral in the pandemic

March 5, 2022

Kim explains the ups and downs of planning a funeral during the pandemic

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Video

Caitlin – “My Story”

December 17, 2018

Caitlin shares about the loss of her sister and how she copes with missing her. Caitlin continues to grieve the death of her sister in a car accident

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Sibling / Grief and Trauma / My Story Video / Video

Krista – “My wish”

November 11, 2019

Krista discusses why she thinks helping others is important. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Death By Overdose / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

John – What to do now

February 23, 2023

John talks about the time after the initial period of grief

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Partner / I Am A Griever / Supporting Others / Video

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…

Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Bryan – Trauma

October 30, 2021

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Lyss – My Story

March 23, 2023

Lyss talks about being 16 and her Mom dying from cancer. The second part of her story is about miscarriages

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Perinatal