(support for living with grief)
(support for living with grief)
When my mother died I lost all sense of time and was often awake in the middle of the night, on my phone googling things like my mother just died, hoping the internet would provide some answers. If you found…
When one parent dies, we are forced to reckon with the relationship we have with the surviving parent. The parent who lived. Those with a close, loving, healthy relationship with both parents don’t need to worry about this as much.…
Just a few months after my mom died I was with another mom in the courtyard at school drop off, talking about how my world had stopped and my priorities had changed. I saw the world so differently with my…
When someone you love dies, your grief remains while everyone who was there to support you when the loss was fresh gradually returns to their everyday lives.
When your parent dies, in the beginning, grief is what you do. It’s expected. You might sit with intense grief, possibly surrounded by family and friends, planning for the burial and events to celebrate and remember your mom or dad’s…