Death of A Loved One

The First Fathers’ Day Without Dad

When you lose a person in the generation before you, you begin to think about what they meant to you. When you lose a parent, you think about all they meant, and you hoped you either lived up to the best of yourself, or in some cases where the parenting was not as instructive or kind, you hope you’ve raised yourself beyond difficult circumstances.

Hope – Going back to school

Hope talks about the shift she felt when she went back to school after her father’s death.

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

Jane – What processing grief during the pandemic may look like

Jane talks about how the pandemic has postponed a lot of “firsts” without her grandparents that have impacted her experience of moving through grief.

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Cheryl and Mike – “Their Story”

Cheryl and Mike discuss losing more than one family member. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents

Grief and Parenting in the Disability Community

In this blog post, Carrie writes about being the parent and primary caregiver to a child with disabilities and grieving the loss of a child dying from their disabilities.

Maureen – “Unresolved conflicts”

Maureen shares about her Dad, anger, love and some tools to manage unresolved conflicts.

Betsy – Mother’s day

Betsy shares her challenges around mother’s day when her adopted son died