From the moment you become a parent there are two questions that become foremost in your mind: Where is my child and is he or she okay? E
ven when you are dealing with an infant …

I am presenting a workshop at The Compassionate Friends national conference next month entilted: “The Bereaved Parent- Five Years Later.”  Linda Findlay of Mourning Discoveries and I originally developed the idea for this workshop to …

After any significant loss, we feel empty, lost, and engulfed with indescribable pain. One grueling process in grief work is connecting our feelings and state of being with words. However, once we get passed this …

There are times when, as a sole parent, I feel as if I’m carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders.  
When I say “sole” parent, I mean only parent.  There is no other …

My mother, Sadie B. Roberts, died on March 11, 1994 at the age of 77, due to complications arising from a massive bacterial infection. She died less than 24 hours after being admitted to the …

From the moment you become a parent, there are two questions that become first and foremost in your mind:  Where is my child? Is he/she okay?  Even when you are dealing with an infant who seldom …

If you lost a parent between the ages of 3-17 and are now over the age of 18, you are eligible for a one-time paid group interview in New York. Contact rabinow@gmail.com for more details.
Jessica …

I was asked by a friend of mine if we ever stop being bereaved parents. My friend is also a bereaved parent. It was an interesting question, because approximately two years after my daughter Jeannine …

Our roles in life define us.  Parent, spouse, student, employee, sibling, and offspring are some examples.  Our identity is shaped by these roles. 
Before my husband’s death, my defining roles were mother, wife and caregiver.  With …

Harriet Hodgson is the author of 27 books and hundreds of internet and print articles. She is a bereaved parent and GRG – grandparent raising grandchildren. Her recent writing focuses on grief markers – 1-year, …

by Sandy Fox
There are many things that can be done to help bereaved parents cope. You may have a friend who is just starting out on his or her grief journey, and it is hard …

by Sandy Fox
When on your grief journey, you may hear people say things to you that are not appropriate at all. Perhaps that person was only trying to comfort you or has never lost a …

Question from a reader:  I was informed that my mother died, and I am grieving.  My mother left me when I was a little girl.  It hurt.  I denied it for 40 years.  So far, …

The holiday season after my divorce found me overwhelmed and almost totally unprepared.  It was a traumatic time, especially for my three young sons. Their father was gone. I went from being a full-time, at-home …

If a picture is worth a thousand words
And nothing worthwhile is ever lost
Then what is the value of memories
For those who paid the highest cost?
 
When a parent loses a child
Words become a useless tool
There is …

Writing has always been very therapeutic for me. I enjoy writing and especially enjoy writing poems. Writing allows me to express my fears, my sadness, my anger and yes, my happiness.
Shortly, after my …