Death of A Loved One

Cheryl and Mike – “Time”

Cheryl and Mike talk about time and their journeys. They continue to grieve the death their daughter in a car accident.

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.

Katie – Getting stronger

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

Bryan – Anticipation

Bryan discusses the experience of having his father go through a coma and ultimately dying from gun violence

Jane – Remembering loved ones

Jane talks about some ways she remembers her grandparents since her passing and the comfort that brings her as she grieves for them.

Kate – COVID and grieving with my parents

Kate shares about how COVID was stress on top of dealing with the loss of her brother

Mourning a Man I Never Knew

This spring, I turned fifty-four. I have now outlived the father I never knew: my biological father. It’s been almost twenty-three years since we spoke; eighteen years since I learned of his death. I’m still dealing with the strange grief of his loss.

Joyce – When you are a mother who loses a child

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

Andrea – Grieving during a pandemic

Andrea discusses the challenges of grieving during a pandemic

Zoreena – My Story

Zoreena talks about COVID and the loss of her father and a cousin

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

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

Kim – Facebook and connecting

Kim – discussses our need to connect and how Facebook was useful after her Mum’s death