Death of a Partner

John – Dating again

John talks about being asked by his daughters if he would ever date again

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

John – Lasagna

John talks about the “widower’s meal”… Lasagna, and learning how to cook for his daughters after his wife died

Jean – Helping your children through grief

Jean discusses how helping her children through grief also helped her

Shannon – Hope for Healing

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

Karyn and Aidan – Going forward

Karyn and Aidan talk about Aidan’s wedding after John died and how they continue to cope

Kara – “You change”

Kara discusses evolving, growth and change. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

“Happiness is a choice.” A friend of mine posted this quote on Facebook the other day. She then asked others what that quote meant to them. The responses were interesting and expected, and some were even inspiring. It’s so easy to say “I choose to be happy” when life is going well. On the other…

Grief & Ice Cream

When my wife of 18 years died in 2016, I became a single father missing the love of my life, and also had to learn how to raise two girls (13-17 at the time) on my own. I remember a conversation I had with my mother-in-law and oldest daughter that began as reminiscing over a person who became a lost love to all of us. We all talked about different aspects of my wife but shortly, it transformed into a “who meant more to her” fest.

Mary S – Coping with multiple loss

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