Death of A Loved One

Kate – Getting support

Kate talks about how difficult it is to ask for support

Hope – Going back to school

Hope talks about the shift she felt when she went back to school after her father’s death.

Krista – “Crying”

Krista talks about how crying helps her. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

Rebecca -Absurdity

Rebecca talks about the death of her father and how things can seem real unreal, absurd when in grief

Karyn and Aidan – Planning a celebration of life during COVID

Karyn and Aidan discuss creating a celebrating of life during the pandemic

Shannon – Power of Presence

Shannon discusses how just showing up, being present is a powerful way of supporting to someone who has lost. Listen more – talk less.

Joyce – A favorite memory with music

Joyce tells a story about her son supporting her and the power of music

Adrianna – My Story

Adrianna talks about the journey she has been on since her brother’s suicide

Katie – Getting stronger

Katie talks losing her mother when she was young and how the experience helped her when she lost her Dad

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Bryan – My Story

Bryan talks about his father being a lawyer and being shot and killed by an apposing lawyer. He talks about his mother and brother and how they have coped

Mary S – The value of writing

Mary talks about how much writing has helped inlcuding writing what her partner would have said