Death of a Parent

Hope – Benefits of play in helping kids work through grief

Hope discusses how recreation and play can help kids understand deal with their loss.

Adam – Crying and singing

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

Clare – “Talking About Grief”

Clare talks about her experiences with grief. Clare continues to grieve the death of her father.

Zoreena – Ask for help

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

Katie – My Story

Katie shares about her story and losing her Dad to cancer during COVID

Lisa – How to support someone in grief

Lisa shares what was helpful from other people when she was grieving

Hope – Waves of grief

Hope talks about the loss of her father and how grief comes in waves and how a therapist helped her understand that she had pushed her emotions down

Antoinetta – Things that are hard about school

Antoinetta shares about the challenges she faced when returning to school after her father died

Karyn and Aidan – Supporting each other

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they supported each other and how they coped with John being hospitalized

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.

Bryan – Trauma

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Mary S – Dogs

Mary talks about how special dogs are and how much they helped her grief