These are the things you gave me, Dad,
And these are the things I’ll prize…
To find God in a field of corn
And hope in each sunrise,
To learn the greatest truths of all
Seeing nature through …

Note: After my husband and I divorced, I was so overwhelmed with my grief that I didn’t notice that my three boys were hurting too.  I learned that kids aren’t resilient, as so many people …

By Gemini Adams, MNFSH –
It took me a very long time to integrate the loss of my mother. Perhaps this was because she died so prematurely, at just 48 years old. She was still a …

By Pamela Gabbay, M.A., FT –
My mind was simultaneously racing around in circles and dull as a knife. She’s only four… four. I could not fathom how I was going to tell my four-year-old daughter …

By Yvonne E. Lancaster –??
When I was a little girl, I fell from our tree swing.? I was gently picked up and carried into the house where Band-Aids were carefully placed on my scuffed-up knees.? …

Psychiatrist Norman J. Fried reflects on the pain children feel after the death of their father, and the paradox that fatherhood poses for all of us

By Gloria Lintermans –
My father is dying of cancer. He will be gone before Father’s Day, having spent 93 years in a world of snow-balling change. A huge person in my life, I don’t know …

By Michele Neff Hernandez –
Motherhood brings out the lioness in me. No task is too small or sacrifice too great to ensure the well being of my three children. In my mind’s eye, I can …

By Sharon Greenlee –
When you see or hear Memorial Day, what are the first visuals and words that pop into?your mind?? I see the cemetery, the funeral, my mother’s grave. I hear my grandmother’s?mournful crying, …

 
Copyright 2009 by Nora Hall Burton ?–
The first day of Spring and I celebrate
by clearing the dead branches…They lay
scattered in mute testimony.. Never the
gardener that you were I find the flower
beds that you built and …

Question from a reader: I just wish for the day when I can think of my mom without crying. Why does it seem to last for so long?? It’s been five months since my mom …

By Mary Bart —
Words can barely describe the depth of loss I felt when my father died.? I believe that I cried every day for at least a couple of years. My life felt …

Mary Bart chairs Losing Our Parents, a registered charity.? As her parents’ principal caregiver for ten years, Mary has first-hand experience in helping aging parents, dealing with family dynamics, and working with public and private …

By Luellen Hoffman
My mind is confused about my mother being gone, even though it’s been a couple years since she died.? I feel like I can’t fathom the fact that she is not only gone, …

By Elizabeth Miles —
At 17, when I was told by my Uncle Paul that I was “just like my mother,” I cringed.? Why would I want to be like her?? At that time my …

By Marty Tousley, CNS-BC, FT —
Question: ?Two weeks ago, my mother died of metastatic cancer. We had a strained relationship our entire life together. Growing up she could be very cruel to me, and …