Supporting Others

John Martin – Understanding Grief part 1

John discusses his understanding of what grief is

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

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.

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

Sarah K – Talking to my kids

Sarah discusses the challenges of discussing her kids about their Dad;s death to heroin and helping them on their journey through grief

John Martin – The Shocking Reality of Painful Loss

John talks about shock and grief

Holly – How can we help someone who is grieving

Holly has some helpful tips how to help someone who is grieving

John – Empower yourself

John shares his thoughts about how to support someone in grief and his processes

Alongside

That is also our best, and only role, when supporting a person with a developmental disability to grieve. We must be the one that comes alongside. There is no closer place we can get to. We must be present, be with, perhaps not understanding or comprehending what the person we support is experiencing, but alongside them nonetheless. We must be there, ready to provide whatever we can discover of their unique need in grief.

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.