Death of a Parent

Karyn and Aidan – Our story

Karyn and Aidan – Karyn tells the story leading up to John’s death during the pandemic

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

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

Amber – Talking to your kids about death

Amber talks about how important it is to talk about grief, especially with kids

Jessica M – Continuing Bonds

Jessica talks about the values of continuing bonds and connections with people who are not here anymore. She gives some examples of things that have made her more connected to her Mom.

Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

Amber tells how she set up a Dad adventure day to keep the memory of her father alive for her kids and husband

Keith – “Grief at any age”

Keith discusses grief and age.

Karyn and Cathy – “Suicide”

Karyn and Cathy discuss how the stigma of suicide impacted the lack of acknowledgement of their grief and loss. Karyn and Cathy continues to grieve the death of their father by suicide.

Kim – Support at the hospital

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Adam – Crying and singing

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

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

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.