Resources
Spend a Day Like Your Loved One on Their Deathiversary
September 29, 2021
“As her sun faded and became a star, we found comfort knowing that, even though she was more distant than we’d ever like, she would always be present in the night sky. And bit by bit, we moved forward, we realigned, and we learned to love her despite her physical absence.” -What’s Your Grief
NAGC Talking to Children About Death and Dying Resource Guide
August 31, 2021
“Sharing the news of the person’s death is only the beginning of the conversation. The child may not be ready or able to ask questions or respond right away to the news of the death. Children respond to death very differently than adults.”- National Alliance for Grieving Children
Community Connections: Grief Support, What to Expect
August 26, 2021
What’s Your Grief Explores Ways To Meet Grieving People Where They’re At
July 26, 2021
“Time and again we’ve found that the idea of ‘good grief support’ is subjective. What helps or comforts one person, another may find off-putting and undesirable.”
-whatsyourgrief.com
Read about 64 ways to “Meet Grieving People Where They’re At”.
Reflections on Grieving a Father
June 18, 2021
“Before the day that your parent died, you’d never lived a single day on this planet without them. You might not have seen your parent every day or talked with them every day, but the only way you ever knew and understood this world was with them living in it. For better or worse, they were part of your reality for as long as you had a reality. It is no wonder that it feels utterly impossible to make sense of a world that exists without them.” -whatsyourgrief.com
Things to Keep in Mind When Dealing with Anticipatory Grief
June 8, 2021
“Anticipatory Grief: the nitty gritty
“Here is the thing about grief – though we think of it as something that happens after a death, it often begins long before death arrives. It can start as soon as we become aware that death is a likelihood. Once death is on the horizon, even just as a possibility, it is natural that we begin to grieve.” -whatsyourgrief.com
Recognizing Displacement in Grief
April 14, 2021
“Sometimes the displacement is obvious – you know exactly when and why it is happening. Other times you just find yourself being more irritable, annoyed, or angry at the people around you, even when they have done nothing wrong.”-whatsyourgrief.com
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