Death of A Loved One

Kate – My story

Kate tells her story of being away when her brother died of an opioid overdose

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

Holly discusses doing art, the symbolic nature of urns and the denial of death

Amber – My Story

Amber talks about the traumatic death of her father in an explosion and being 17

Joyce – Being gentle on yourself

Joyce explains the importance of being gentle on yourself in grief as you face guilt and should haves

Adam – Things that are OK to do

Adam talks about things he does to cope with grief like singing and crying

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Helping Others Help You Through Grief

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…

Bryan – Vulnerability

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

Amber -Helping someone who is grieving

Amber talks about how her grief has helped her learn how support other people in grief.

Joyce – Your other children

Joyce discusses how her daughter dealt helped her as well as dealing with the loss of her brother.

Rebecca – Humour and grief

Rebecca talks about how she and her father used humour as a strategy during his illness and after he died

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.