Maria Kubitz

Maria Kubitz lost her four year old daughter in a drowning accident in 2009. In her grief journey, Maria continually tries to find ways to learn from the pain, and maintain a loving, healthy environment for her four other children. She volunteers as newsletter editor at a local chapter of The Compassionate Friends, and in 2012, Maria created www.aliveinmemory.org – a blog about learning to live with grief.

Articles:

The Terms of My Surrender

From the moment you came into my life, I hated you. I despised you. You came on the heels of my worst nightmare come true – the death of my […]

We Would Have Died For You: The Journey of Bereaved Parents

From the moment we found out you were coming into our lives, we felt electric: a mix of excitement, adrenalin, and a dose of fear for good measure. We dutifully […]

Grief and the Loss of Control

Possibly one of the hardest aspects of grief for me has been that I can’t control it. I spent the majority of my life trying desperately to control everything in […]

Finding Light in the Darkness of Grief

Over four years after her death, thoughts of my daughter fill my mind every day. She has now been gone longer than she was alive. It wasn’t supposed to be […]

Looking for Hope in the New Year

For many, welcoming in the New Year is a celebration of optimism and hope. Many see it as a fresh start and a chance to take steps to improve both […]

‘How Are You?’: A Silent Signpost for the Newly Bereaved

“How are you?” It is such a seemingly simple, benign question. Often, those who ask the question are not doing so out of real concern, but just as a polite, […]

Just Let Me Be Sad: A Response to the Stigma of Grief

We live in a world where – if you have the means – pain and suffering are to be avoided at all costs. We are always looking for the next […]

Surviving the Isolation of Grief: A Mother’s Story

I’ve never been a stranger to the isolation that comes from feeling like you just don’t fit into your surroundings. But I never felt as isolated in my whole life […]

The Fear of Forgetting

Since my daughter died just after turning four years old, one of my biggest fears has been that she will be forgotten. But lately, I’ve been asking myself: What does […]

Navigating the Ebb and Flow of Grief

At almost four years after the death of my daughter, I had thought it would be easier than this. In those early days and months when my grief made it […]

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