Death of a Parent

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

Katie – Reminders in nature

Katie talks about crying privately and how nature can help. Cardinals remind her of her father

Keith – “Grief at any age”

Keith discusses grief and age.

Adam – Crying and singing

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Adam talks about how crying and singing helps him cope even at the cemetary

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

Kim – Facebook and connecting

Kim – discussses our need to connect and how Facebook was useful after her Mum’s death

Matt – Grief changes

Matt explains how he deals with his grief. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Lyss – Seasonal Reminders

Lyss seasonal reminders and her mother dying at New Years

Margaux – “Find People in Similar Situations”

Margaux talks about group therapy and writing as tools for processing grief. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral