Death and Grief During a Pandemic

KIm – Planning a funeral in the pandemic

Kim explains the ups and downs of planning a funeral during the pandemic

Christian – Language around those pushed to the margins

Christian talks about how people who are pushed to the margins are not discussed as part of our community and how we need to include them. As a community how do we care for our neighbours and how do we mourn the loss of our neighbours

Christian – My process in grieving

Christian explains his grieving process and how it’s important to let people in, the power of community, and having a team that makes him feel loved and cared for

Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

Lynda talks about how things are so much more complicated in these times

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.

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief

Jane – What processing grief during the pandemic may look like

Jane talks about how the pandemic has postponed a lot of “firsts” without her grandparents that have impacted her experience of moving through grief.

Zoreena – Tribute

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

Jean – Grief resources and self care

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

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

Sarah discusses how the pandemic has pulled back the curtain on grief