Death of a Partner

Jean – My Story

Jean talks about isolation and grieving during a pandemic

John – Being helpful to someone in grief

John shares his thoughts on how to help someone in grief

John – My Story

John tells the story of his wife became ill suddenly and died

John – What to do now

John talks about the time after the initial period of grief

Andrea – Dealing with personal belongings

Andrea discusses dealing with her late husbands personal belongings and the need to purgees

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

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.

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.

Doug M – “Recovery from Grief”

Doug discusses how you learn that there are opportunities in the rest of your life. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Kara – Starting a grief journey again

Kara explains how Covid-19 has made her have to relearn tools to help in her grief. The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

Mary S – Dogs

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

Jean – What grief feels like physically

Jean discusses the physical effects she has experienced in grief