Death of A Loved One

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

Krista – “Changes”

Krista discussed what has changed since her son’s overdose. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

John – Foggy Brain

John discusses how difficult it is to concentrate after loss

John – Support over time

John discusses how support changes over time

John – Dating again

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

Lisa -Advice to grievers

Lisa explains her thoughts about how to help someone in grief

Cheryl and Mike – “Living with grief”

Cheryl and Mike discuss process and moving forward. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

Kara – “Same Sex Couple”

Kara talks about never having discussed being a same sex couple with most of her family. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Katie – Reminders in nature

Katie talks about crying privately and how nature can help. Cardinals remind her of her father

Zoreena – Tribute

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

Russell – “Is this your only child?”

Russell talks about the loss of his second son and only having one child. Russell continues to grieve the perinatal death of his son.

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.