Death of A Loved One

The First Fathers’ Day Without Dad

June 18, 2023

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.

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Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

June 8, 2021

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

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Helping Others Help You Through Grief

April 13, 2022

Post by Maureen Pollard, MSW, RSW When you’ve experienced the death of a loved one, one of the most difficult things you will go through is trying to find out what helps you adjust to the loss. This can be compounded when others around you don’t understand what you’re going through, and don’t know how…

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Antoinetta – Myth that tragedy brings family together

January 26, 2023

Antoinetta discusses the challenges that her family faced after the death of her father

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John – Lasagna

February 23, 2023

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

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Adrianna – What I would say to younger self

April 16, 2021

Adrianna talks about tools that helped her with her grief

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Karyn and Aidan – Going forward

February 21, 2022

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

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Matt – My Story

July 16, 2020

Matt tells how he found his birth mother and then lost her.

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Katie – My Story

December 1, 2022

Katie shares about her story and losing her Dad to cancer during COVID

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Keith – “Grief at any age”

December 10, 2018

Keith discusses grief and age.

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Kara – “Going on alone”

December 16, 2018

Kara talks about how you change. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Death of a Partner / Video

Jane – Connection, place, and grief

March 30, 2022

Jane talks about the difference between living alone in Toronto while grieving during the pandemic compared to her experience once she moved closer to her family in Northumberland.

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