Death of a Parent

Reflections on Mother’s Day

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

Jackie – Expressive arts can help when grief is confusing

Jackie talks about how working with an artist therapist helped her after her sister and mother died

Hope – My Story

Hope tells the story of her father’s death and how it affected her and her family

Jessica M – Continuing Bonds

Jessica talks about the values of continuing bonds and connections with people who are not here anymore. She gives some examples of things that have made her more connected to her Mom.

Antoinetta – Things that help when struggling

Antoinetta talks about the first time she learned that it was ok that she was grieving and how to unpack all her feelings

Logan – Advice

Logan discusses how its good tp let out your emotions

Antoinetta – Story

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

Kim – Some cry some don’t

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Amber – Talking about death

Amber explains why it’s so important to talk about grief and her kids

Adam – Story 2

Adam discusses his busy life and how he has coped after losing his mother

Bryan – Vulnerability

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better