Death of a Parent

Katie – Reminders in nature

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

Lyss – My Story

Lyss talks about being 16 and her Mom dying from cancer. The second part of her story is about miscarriages

Adam – Advice

Adam shares his advice about losing and remembering a loved one

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents

Creating Mother’s Day Traditions as a member of the Dead Mom Club

About a week after Easter this year, I noticed I was starting to feel off. My sleep wasn’t as restful, experiencing tension in my body, at times I was getting irritated with the simplest things. Then while streaming an episode of television, 4 ads back to back all talking about Mother’s Day. Then came the…

Lyss – Support, Family, and Friends

Lyss discusses the long process of her mother dying, miscarriages and support from family and friends

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

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.

Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

Kim – You can get through this

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

The First Fathers’ Day Without Dad

When you lose a person in the generation before you, you begin to think about what they meant to you. When you lose a parent, you think about all they meant, and you hoped you either lived up to the best of yourself, or in some cases where the parenting was not as instructive or kind, you hope you’ve raised yourself beyond difficult circumstances.

Caileigh – Sharing grief experience to spread hope and kindness

Caileigh talks about taking the opportunity to share her personal and professional grief experiences as a way to spread hope and to spread kindness.