Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Christian – Grieving the whole person

Christian talks about how we choose remember people when there has been a loss to drug poisoning

Kate – Time to process

Kate shares about time and processing her grief especially during COVID

Maureen – Compounded grief during a pandemic

Maureen discusses how grief can be compounded during a pandemic

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

Nicole – Stigma Surrounding Drug Use

Nicole discusses how the stigma around drug use has an impact on how people feel able to grieve when those in their community are lost.

Holly – Singing in the last days

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing

When Death Feels like a Thief

In the heart of my grief, at my frailest, all I could see was what was no more. I grieved all that was stolen from me by death; love, security and even my very self. Had I known the value of having every pocket of who I was, picked bare by grief, I would not have fought so hard to hold onto it all.

Karyn and Aidan – Support from others

Karyn and Aidan discuss how family, friends, and people they didn’t know in the community supported them.Talking, meals, dog walking are among the things that made a huge difference.

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped