Death of A Loved One

Katie – Reminders in nature

December 1, 2022

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

Death of a Parent / Video

Antoinetta – Story

January 26, 2023

Antoinetta tells her story of grief and her father getting lung cancer

Death of a Parent / My Story Video / Video

Lyss – Chemical Pregnancy and Blighted Ovum

March 23, 2023

Lyss shares about chemical pregnancy, blighted ovum, abortion pill, miscarriage, and triggers.

Death of a Child / I Am A Griever / Perinatal / Video

Kim – Self care

March 5, 2022

Kim talks about looking after yourself and how much it helps. In particular be kind to yourself

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Video

Adrianna – What I would say to younger self

April 16, 2021

Adrianna talks about tools that helped her with her grief

Death of a Sibling / Suicide / Video

Doug M – “Helping Children Cope with Sibling Death”

September 19, 2019

Doug talks about shock and the importance of making sure children get help. Doug continues to grieve the death of his first wife.

Death of A Loved One / Death of a Sibling / Video

Adrianna – Storytelling… intuitive and instrumental

April 16, 2021

Adrianna tells how storytelling helped her process her grief

Death of a Sibling / Suicide / Supporting Others / Video

Keeping Records

November 17, 2023

I pulled the photos out of their envelope one at a time, turning over each one to carefully record the date, place, and people in the photo. Sometimes, I included comments. “Apple picking in Hamilton with Pop Pop, Fall, 2023. You loved the wagon ride!”. I slipped each picture into an empty pocket in my son’s photo album.

Blog Post / Death of A Loved One / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever

Donna B – “Death of a Child and a Soldier”

September 26, 2019

Donna talks about losing her son and the military bond. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Death During Service / Death of a Child / Grief and Trauma / Video

Hope – Not wanting to burden my Mom and school

January 26, 2023

Hope talks about her fathers death, burdens and the importance of sharing emotions

Death of a Parent / Video

Sam – How grief changes

September 9, 2020

Sam who lost his father, uncle and cousin talks about time and grief

Death of a Parent / Video

Jessica’s Reflections as an Adult Grieving Child

November 16, 2023

Parents or trusted adults are people children often turn to for support, but my circle of trusted adults was shrinking. My peers were focused on what to wear on civvies day (a day where we didn’t have to wear a uniform), while I was focused on just surviving.

Blog Post / Death of a Grandparent / Death of a Parent / I Am A Griever