Death of a Parent

Bryan – Anticipation

October 30, 2021

Bryan discusses the experience of having his father go through a coma and ultimately dying from gun violence

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Lisa – Music helped after losing her Dad

June 20, 2022

Lisa shares how music has helped in her grieveing process.

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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

Bryan – Empathy for others

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about how losing his father to gun violence was difficult and how taking things day by day helped him get through many difficult times. Now he wants to help children who are going through something similar to what he did. Things will get better and there is always a light at the end of the tunnel

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Mary S – Dogs

March 1, 2021

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

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Antoinetta – Story

January 26, 2023

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

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Keith – “My story”

December 10, 2018

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

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Zoreena – COVID and isolation

March 31, 2022

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

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Bryan – My Story

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about his father being a lawyer and being shot and killed by an apposing lawyer. He talks about his mother and brother and how they have coped

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Keeping Records

November 17, 2023

I pulled the photos out of their envelope one at a time, turning over each one to carefully record the date, place, and people in the photo. Sometimes, I included comments. “Apple picking in Hamilton with Pop Pop, Fall, 2023. You loved the wagon ride!”. I slipped each picture into an empty pocket in my son’s photo album.

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Lyss – Losing My Mother

March 23, 2023

Lyss discusses losing her mother and how her first thought was that her mother would never meet her kids Now being a mother herself brings back many memories of her.

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Sam – Mental health tools and resources

September 9, 2020

Sam discusses talking care of his mental health and group therapy after losing his father, uncle and cousin

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