I Am A Griever

Jessica M – Legacy

Jessica explains legacy and gives examples including her own.

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

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

Betsy – Mother’s day

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

John – Dating again

John talks about being asked by his daughters if he would ever date again

Jessica’s Reflections as an Adult Grieving Child

Parents or trusted adults are people children often turn to for support, but my circle of trusted adults was shrinking. My peers were focused on what to wear on civvies day (a day where we didn’t have to wear a uniform), while I was focused on just surviving.

Joyce – When you are a mother who loses a child

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

John – What to do now

John talks about the time after the initial period of grief

Kate – My art and my brother

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

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.

John – My Story

John tells the story of his wife became ill suddenly and died

Grief, Breastfeeding, and Care

In this essay, I share a bit about my story of grief and breastfeeding. I also share some thoughts about the cultural grief some people are carrying about the lack of support afforded to lactating families whose goal it is to feed their baby from their body. I use some gendered language throughout this essay…

Scott – The importance of processing

Scott discusses having a nervous breakdown and realizing that he hadn’t fully processed the grief he had been through with the loss of his mother and father. He also discusses how music helped him moving forward