Death of a Parent

Adam – Advice

December 21, 2022

Adam shares his advice about losing and remembering a loved one

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Video

Matt – Telling my young son

August 20, 2020

Matt describes the death of his birth mother to his young son.

Death of a Parent / Supporting Others

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

June 8, 2021

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

Death of a Parent / Supporting Others / Video

Lisa – Music and a safe space

June 20, 2022

Lisa explains how music has been a safe space for her to feel all of the emotions that have come up since she lost her Dad

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / Music / Video

Sam – Prostate Cancer

September 9, 2020

Sam talks about prostate cancer and losing his father and uncle to it

Death of a Parent / Video

Lyss – Responsibilities

March 23, 2023

Lyss talks about her mother’s death, being the eldest and how it has effected the way she feels about responsibilities

Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / Video

Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

March 1, 2021

Mary explains the challenges of dealing with the death of her partner and then her parents

Death of a Parent / Death of a Partner / Video

Sam – Men in grief

September 9, 2020

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

Death of a Parent / Video

Margaux – “It never really hit me at one moment”

December 16, 2018

Margaux describes the experience of gradually processing her grief through individual and group therapy. Margaux continues to grieve the death of her mother from breast cancer.

Death of a Parent / Video

Finding Joy During the Holidays After Loss When Everything Feels Awful: A message of hope.

December 10, 2024

My mother died in the middle of the night on January 1, four days before I turned sixteen. I don’t remember much about Christmas the couple weeks before she died, just that we spent a lot of that season in the ICU of the hospital where my mother had birthed my brother and I. For…

Blog Post / Collective/Community Grief / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Jessica M – Finding Hope

June 13, 2023

Jessica shares memories of her brothers birthday which was just before her mothers death and how they all found hope

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / Video

Jessica M – A Parking Lot Memorial

June 13, 2023

Jessica shares how her family gathered after her uncle died during COVID and how her family came up with a creative way of getting together in a parking lot.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / Video