https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/back-to-school-for-the-child-loss-parent/
It’s mid-August in Nebraska which marks another school year starting. To some it’s the thrill of having their kids gone all day so they can get things done at home. To others it’s the stress of wondering if their child…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/7-things-learned-since-loss-child/
Child loss is a loss like no other. One often misunderstood by many. If you love a bereaved parent or know someone who does, remember that even his or her “good” days are harder than you could ever imagine. Compassion…
I do not believe there is any experience in life as traumatic or life-altering as the loss of a child. The loss of a special needs child often brings a unique twist to this excruciating experience. Those who have not…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/death-of-a-child-creates-ambiguous-losses/
The car crash was bloody. A medical helicopter flew my daughter to the nearest hospital, where surgeons operated on her for 20 hours. Their efforts failed. “I’m sorry,” the lead surgeon said. “As soon as we fixed one problem another appeared….
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/heart-connections-grief-and-loss-in-a-pandemic/
As we move toward the end of September, it’s hard to believe that we have been experiencing life in a pandemic for over six months. Grief and loss are pervasive on multiple levels in our nation and in the world…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/there-is-hope-after-loss/
My nineteen-year-old son, Nick, died by suicide when he jumped from a bridge just outside his college campus. His body was lost for almost five weeks. The week prior to its retrieval, I received a call from a coroner who…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/keeping-your-child-present/
Death ended Jonathan’s life but if didn’t end his relationship with me. I learned to keep him present in my life by doing outreach in his name. Countless books have been written on the process of mourning and what’s become…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/loss-grief-and-post-traumatic-growth/
When our seemingly healthy 14-year-old daughter Laura died within days of being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, my husband Ron and I were shocked and distraught. Our sheltered family life in Bayside wasn’t supposed to unfold this way. We…
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/sudden-and-unexpected-loss-its-complicated/
On December 14, 2001, my 25-year-old daughter, Melissa, suffered a cardiac arrest followed by a coma. She died fourteen days later. Her doctors concluded that the ultimate cause of her death was due to complications of an undiagnosed eating disorder….
https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/why-are-grgs-grandparents-raising-grandchildren-grieving/
Nobody expects to raise their grandkids, but thousands of Americans are doing just that. I’m one of them. On a snowy February night in 2007, my daughter died from the injuries she received in a car crash. In the fall,…
