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Amber – Grieving at the age of 17

Amber disucss what it’s like to be a teen when a parent dies

Jane – Loneliness while processing grief

Jane talks about grieving without her extended family because of the pandemic and how that’s impacted things like scattering ashes and having celebrations of life.

Krista – “They are not trying to kill themselves”

Krista explains they are not trying to kill themselves. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and siblings

Hope shares how much her Mom had to do after her father died and how they worked out their relationship

Caileigh – Sharing grief experience to spread hope and kindness

Caileigh talks about taking the opportunity to share her personal and professional grief experiences as a way to spread hope and to spread kindness.

Corrie – Talking to children about death and dying

Corrie explains how to discuss death and dying with children

Donna B – “Grieving Over Time”

Donna about time, how grief changes and moving on. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Susan – “Crying”

Susan talks about crying, grieving and dying.

Carrie – Thanatology

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

Lynda talks about how things are so much more complicated in these times