(support for living with grief)
(support for living with grief)
Often times it is not simply that a loved one died, but also how they died that matters to us so much and continues to affect us long after they are gone. Your parent's last moments in life can greatly affect your grief and how you grieve.
I was absolutely unprepared for my mother to die. I felt like I had sprinted toward a wall, made impact at top speed, and crumpled to the ground. Losing a parent can change everything in your world. You pass through…
When someone important to you dies, there may come a time in grief in which you find that you don't quite recognize yourself.
How can we keep our parents alive, especially when doing so is a constant reminder of their death? Sometimes when a parent dies we can’t even say their name out loud. It hurts far too much. Saying their name dredges…
Especially in the early days, the pain of grief can be constant. Even many years after losing your mom or dad, the pain can still be intense and at times unbearable. You just want it to stop. When my mom…
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.…