Death of A Loved One

Joyce – When you are a mother who loses a child

Joyce shares about how she has felt as a mother who lost a child

Mary S – My story (long)

Mary tells the story of her life with her husband, his death and then the loss of both of her parents

Kara – “Getting over the dying part”

Kara describes the process of moving past the traumatic memory of her partner’s death to reflect on the beautiful moments of their thirty years together.

Jane – My Story

Jane shares her story about losing two of her grandparents just before the pandemic and the ways the pandemic has impacted her ability to process grief.

Rebecca – Humour and grief

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

Michael – “A story of loss and longing”

Michael relays a story of a man coping after the loss of his wife.

Cheryl and Mike – “Multiple losses”

Cheryl and Mike discuss the differences in loss of people who love you unconditionally. They continue to grieve Cheryl’s father and the death their daughter in a car accident.

Andrea – My Story

Andrea shares her story of losing her husband during a pandemic

Amber – Keeping Dad’s memory alive

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

Donna B – “Grieving Over Time”

Donna about time, how grief changes and moving on. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

What Can Help with Early Traumatic Grief?

When your child dies you are thrown into a nightmare. None of this is expected to be easy.
Even after several months, it still isn’t. There have been some things that have helped us during
our grief. Maybe they will help you, too.

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.