Death of a Parent

Jeff – “Change”

Jeff reflects on the ebb and flow of grief during the healing process. Jeff continues to grieve the death of his mother.

KIm – Planning a funeral in the pandemic

Kim explains the ups and downs of planning a funeral during the pandemic

Adam – Story 2

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

Holly – Singing in the last days

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing

Hope – Camp for grief

Hope talks about the benefits of grief camp for her and her twin sister

Bryan – This Is Why

Bryan shares about his new website “This is why”a creative form, for blog stories for grievers to express themselves and for readers to connect

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.

Sam – How grief changes

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about time and grief

Kim – You can get through this

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

Adam – Things that are OK to do

Adam talks about things he does to cope with grief like singing and crying

Antoinetta – Myth that tragedy brings family together

Antoinetta discusses the challenges that her family faced after the death of her father

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.