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Showing posts with label parent loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parent loss. Show all posts

When You've Lost Both Parents: Coping With Anger, Despair and Grief

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At midnight, even bad days come to an end.   ~ Ms Moem A reader writes: I lost both my parents and it sucks. My father died before I even g...

When a Parent Dies: Supporting the Grief of Adolescents

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A father is one of God's first gifts to our hearts, and his love stays with us always.  ~  Holly Gerth  A reader writes:   I lost my dad...

Understanding and Managing Grief, May 1 - May 31, 2025

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Best selections from Grief Healing's X feed this month: For someone like Emilie, who has let millions into her life online, there's ...

Parent Loss: Keeping Memories Alive

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Be keepers of the memories. If their song is to continue, then we must do the singing.  ~ Elaine Stillwell A reader writes:   When I found o...

Coping with Overwhelming, Traumatic Loss

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Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.  ~ Jane Wagner A reader writes: I have come to the conclusion this year ...

Understanding and Managing Grief, September 29 - October 5, 2024

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October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month    Best selections from Grief Healing's X feed this week: In these turbulent times,...

Should We Tell Our Dad That He's Dying?

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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.   ~  Aldous Huxley A reader writes:   We know my dad is dying of cancer but apparently...

Explaining Dad's Suicide to A Child

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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.   ~ Albert Einstein A reader writes:  My husband committed suic...

Setting Clear Boundaries in Grief

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Boundaries in child-parent relationships basically establish that you're an adult with your own rights, choices, preferences and capacit...

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 30 - July 13, 2024

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Best selections from Grief Healing's X feed this week:  Over the years, a significant concern of mine has been how to not only share the...

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 16 - June 29, 2024

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Best selections from Grief Healing's X feed this week:  Cody Delistray wanted to get good at grief. After his mother died of melanoma wh...

Understanding and Managing Grief, May 13 - May 25, 2024

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Best selections from  Grief Healing's X feed  this week:  Patrick passed away less than two weeks before his 21st birthday. He even had ...

Understanding and Managing Grief, March 31 - April 6, 2024

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Best selections from  Grief Healing's X feed  this week: A new sense of urgency has emerged for healthcare organizations to develop ...

Understanding and Managing Grief, March 17 - March 23, 2024

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Best selections from  Grief Healing's X feed  this week: From the loss of my daughter and countless hundreds of families I’ve helped ove...

Understanding and Managing Grief, February 25 - March 2, 2024

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Best selections from  Grief Healing's X feed  this week: Losing a parent is devastating. Losing both in a short time creates a unique se...

Coping with Father Loss in Early Childhood

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It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.  ~ Anne Sexton A reader writes:  I'm 35 years old and was nin...

Understanding and Managing Grief, September 17 - September 23, 2023

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Best selections from  Grief Healing's X stream  this week: People bereaved during the first two waves of the Covid pandemic are three ti...

Understanding and Managing Grief, August 6 - August 12, 2023

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Best selections from  Grief Healing's X stream  this week: Highlighting the dissonance between clinical diagnosis and the human experien...

In Grief: Emotional Immaturity, or PTSD?

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A reader writes:  I lost my mom two years ago, 43 days later my dad remarried and disinherited me for his "new" son, 6 months late...

Understanding and Managing Grief, December 25 - December 31, 2022

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Best selections from  Grief Healing's Twitter stream  this week: Personal Perspective: Time brings healing, but also heartbreak. In grie...